axis 3 in the drive gear assembly 150 drive gear 153 is mounted on tubular drive shaft 154 which is journal mounted at one end in bearing 15 the other end of shaft 154 is mounted within lip 136 the hole 155 in the shaft 154 is coaxial with the hole 133 and axis 3 the collar 131 is journal mounted in bearing 16 the crank handle shaft 41 is slip fitted into the holes 133 and 155 the cam assembly 130 and the tubular shaft 154 are keyed to the shaft 41 by the hex shape as shown although any convenient type of shaft key assembly can be utilized thus when the handle 44 causes the shaft 41 to rotate the gear 153 the cam collar 131 and the cam element 132 all rotate about the axis 3 straddling the cam element 132 is the oscillator slide 140 that is in the form of a modified yoke with a first cam follower surface 141 and a second cam follower surface 142 connected by a base 144 the cam follower surfaces 141 and 142 are spaced apart a distance that is just very slightly larger than the diameter of the cam element 132 this slight oversize is for clearance purposes when the fishing reel is cranked with the left hand the direction of rotation of the cam element 132 is shown by the arrow 139 as shown in fig3 and 6 the point 34 x 34.