Line protecting elements for use in fishing reels

A ring-shaped line protecting element comprising a piece of elastic material, a line spool in a fishing reel having said elastic material mounted on a circular rim of an end wall of said line spool to cover at least partially a circular space between said rim of said end wall and a part of said fishing reel surrounding said end wall, and to prevent the line from cutting in between said end wall and said part, said elastic material line protecting element comprising a ring-shaped base portion having an inner peripheral surface shaped to be supported by and to engage said circular rim, an outer peripheral surface and a ring-shaped end projection which extends substantially radially outward from one end of said base portion wherein said line protecting element also comprises a ring-shaped resilient flange which extends from one outer end of said ring-shaped projection substantially axially in the direction of the other end of said base portion in radially spaced relation thereto, said substantially axially extending flange spanning the gap between said spool flange and said surrounding part of the fishing reel and having at least an outer edge portion thereof slitted into a ring of substantially axially extending resilient segments for contacting said surrounding part with a light contacting pressure and low friction.