Change speed apparatus for a fishing reel

A change speed apparatus for a fishing reel comprising:

• a plurality of sun gears having a different number of teeth,
• an input shaft carrying one of said sun gears and rotatable by a handle,
• an output shaft connected to a spool and carrying another sun gear,
• a differential gear including respective toothed portions having different number of teeth for meshing with respective outer perheries of said one and said another sun gears,
• a rotatably supported gear holder for supporting said differential gear,
• a first transmission line operative when rotation of said gear holder is restricted to transmit drive from said input shaft to said output shaft through said differential gear when a fishing line is wound on said spool in a fishing line winding direction,
• a second transmission line operative when said gear holder is rotatable to directly couple said input shaft and said output shaft when said fishing line is wound on said spool in said fishing line winding direction, and
• a transmission switching mechanism for selecting between said first transmission line and said second transmission line, said transmission switching mechanism being operative to restrict rotation of said gear holder when said first transmission line is selected, and removing a restriction on rotation of said gear holder when said second transmission line is selected, the selection between said first and second transmission line by said transmission switching mechanism determining the winding speed of line on said spool relative to the rotation speed of said handle.