and 238 on the sides of boss 200 operate to limit the rotation of brake dial 24 such that the cam 186 cannot be rotated past interacting member 66 when turning brake dial 24 in either direction the rotational movement of brake dial 24 is limited in the clockwise direction by the abutment of shoulder 234 with stop 236 and is limited in the counterclockwise direction by the abutment of shoulder 238 with stop 236 stop 236 is provided in the interior of side cover 20 thus the inventive braking system cannot be turned past either the above mentioned u201c full braking position u201d or the above mentioned u201c minimum braking position u201d the braking position of the inventive apparatus is preferably indicated by an index indicator 240 provided on the exterior of brake dial 24 indicator 240 is preferably formed as a separate component so that indicator 240 may be of a different material or different color than brake dial 24 preferably index marks 244 are provided on the exterior of side cover 20 about aperture 26 to provide a visual indication to a fisherman of the current brake setting as will be understood by those skilled in the art although the preferred embodiment of the inventive apparatus utilizes one cam 186 and one corresponding interacting member 66 the inventive apparatus could optionally utilize two three or more cams 186 further although the cam 186 of inventive brake dial 24 is of continuous slope flat areas corresponding to discrete.