A fixed spool fishing reel (10) having a spool shaft (106) and two gear wheels (102, 104) respectively on opposite sides of the spool shaft (106), both gear wheels (102, 104) being coupled to be driven by a rotary handle (18) of the reel (10) and both being selectable to be the one which drives a spool shaft oscillatory mechanism (108-120) of the reel (10), the coupling between each of the said two gear wheels (102, 104) and the mechanism (108-120) being via respective gearing arrangements to impart different respective ratios of handle rotary speed to oscillatory speed of the spool shaft (106).
