378 THE PRACTICAL FISHERMAN. 



stem works in a ball-socket, or what appears to be so. The result is 

 that it revolves a half turn in whatever direction the angler throws, and 

 thus the friction which is engendered by the impact of the running line 

 on the ordinary rigid ring is in this case avoided. I not unfrequently 

 throw my line over my head, as it were, especially when fishing with the 

 Nottingham running reel, and in such a case, before I used this ring 

 I found the friction referred to very much greater than should be allowed 

 if it could possibly be done away with. The ring in question, no matter 

 the point to which one casts, is turned by the line in a corresponding 

 direction. It deserves, therefore, a place of honour amongst modern 

 tackle improvements. 



