of pawl 14 is substantially minimized it follows that gear 13 may move in either direction with the same degree of ease and the same clicking sound this is opposite to the positions of fig2 which show both mechanisms 17 and 18 so adjusted that resistance to pivoting of pawl 14 in both directions is maximized and the sound is maximized when the spool 13 turns with difficulty the present invention therefore provides a relationship whereby opposition to rotation of the gear in opposite directions is independently adjusted slide plate 22 of mechanism 18 may be adjusted to any desired position simply by turning its associated knob 20 to a desired position slide plate 22 of mechanism 17 may also be adjusted to any desired position by turning knob 19 to a desired position the fisherman may achieve any degree of resistance to rotation of gear 13 in either direction such adjustments are made when it is desired to change the resistance to reeling in of the fishline 45 when it is desired to change the resistance creating drag when the line is pulled out or when it is desired to shift between left handed and right handed fishing all of the above is accomplished without the necessity of removing the spool 12 from the housing 10 the only time spool 12 is removed is when it is desired to replace the spool with another one having a different type of line thereon or when it is desired to lubricate the mechanism 17 18 which lubrication is advisable at relatively long intervals one of the numerous advantages of the invention is that the degree.