A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a handle, a spool shaft, a spool, a clutch mechanism, and a level winding mechanism. The clutch mechanism switches between a clutch-on state and a clutch-off state. The level winding mechanism has a line guide unit, a moving part, and a switching mechanism. The line guide unit moves along an axial direction of the spool shaft. The moving part moves along the axial direction of the spool shaft. The switching mechanism switches between a coupled state in which the line guide unit and the moving part are coupled, and a decoupled state in which the line guide unit and the moving part are decoupled, in accordance with the switching between the on state and the off state.

A fishing reel including a gear train and a spool is provided. The gear train is operably coupled with the spool such that the gear train is configured to transmit rotational power to the spool. When the fishing reel is in a first configuration, a crank is disengaged from the gear train to allow the gear train to receive rotational power from a motor. As a result, the motor rotates the spool without causing the crank to rotate. In contrast, when the fishing reel is in the second configuration, the crank is operably coupled with the gear train. As a result, the crank may provide rotational power to the gear train to rotate the spool. However, if the gear train begins to rotate relative to the crank, a key may move outwardly from a crank gear to cause the fishing reel to transition to the first configuration.