Fishing reel

1. A fishing reel, comprising a crank, a spool connected to said crank, a pull-off brake mechanism and a chassis, the pull-off brake mechanism and the crank being interconnected such that a pretension of the pull-off brake mechanism increases as the crank is moved in a reeling-in direction, wherein the pretension of the pull-off brake mechanism also increases as the crank is moved in a direction opposite to the reeling-in direction, wherein the pull-off brake mechanism comprises a torque converter comprising a crown and a control sleeve said crown and said control sleeve being provided with cooperating protrusions, wherein surfaces between said protrusions of the control sleeve are provided with grooves and surfaces on tops of the protrusions of the crown are provided with equal grooves and wherein balls are positioned between said grooves of the crown and said grooves of the control sleeve.

2. The fishing reel of claim 1 , wherein the grooves are deeper in a portion positioned in a centre between the edges of the protrusions.

3. The fishing reel of claim 1 , wherein a relative rotation between the crown and the control sleeve results in the crown and control sleeve being pressed apart due to the cooperation of the grooves and the balls.

4. The fishing reel of claim 1 , further comprising a pull-off brake adjuster connected to a brake adjusting knob, the pull-off brake adjuster being connected to the torque converter by a main shaft transferring both rotational movements and axial forces from the crank and the pull-off brake adjuster, respectively.