Abstract: A fishing reel of the type in which the spool does not rotate, comprises a drum rotatable about the axis of the spool. A support arm projects forwardly from the outer end of each of two securing arms projecting from opposite sides of the drum. Pick-up arms pivotally mounted on the support arms are interconnected by a pick-up bar and are spring biased to move angularly from "open" to "closed" position. On one of the support arms, a spring-pressed longitudinally slidable plunger is engageable in a notch of the respective pick-up arm to lock it in "open" position. In the respective securing arm there is a shaft having on its inner end an arm that is engageable with a fixed stop, when the drum is rotated, to rock the shaft. A pin and slot connection on the outer end of the shaft connects the shaft with the plunger so as to withdraw the plunger from the notch of the respective pick-up arm and thereby release the pick-up arms for movement by the spring bias to "closed" position.