A fishing reel has a driving shaft for the wind-up roller. A handle is screwed upon the shaft and the inner end of the shaft carries a wheel frictionally driving the wind-up roller. This wheel can be connected by a coupling with a hollow shaft provided with a one way lock freely movable in the winding direction. The coupling is opened by a rearward turning of the handle. The invention is particularly characterized in that the handle is screwed upon a threaded outer end of the driving shaft and that the driving shaft is connected with the hollow shaft by a transverse pin so as to prevent relative turning but with small axial play.