The Abel SDF Grateful Dead Edition in a 5/6 weight is the everyday-trout version of this crowd-pleaser, wearing the band's signature lightning bolt on a ported Basic Black frame. A dark, grained ebony handle keeps the look classic while the Grateful Dead bolt does the talking. It's a reel with real personality that still handles the widest range of trout water.
Under the artwork it's the award-winning platform Fly Fisherman Magazine named best new freshwater reel of 2018. The SDF's sealed drag was engineered from Abel's saltwater reels, delivering near-zero start-up inertia to protect light tippet and dependable stopping power on a 5- or 6-weight.
Key features
- Grateful Dead lightning bolt artwork on a ported Basic Black frame
- Dark ebony wood handle
- Sealed stainless steel and carbon fluoropolymer drag, up to about 10 lbs
- 5/6 weight, the versatile all-around trout size
- Large-arbor spool for faster line pickup and reduced memory
- Adjustment range nearly three times wider than the original SD
- User-convertible left- or right-hand retrieve, quick-change spool
- Designed and machined in Colorado, made in the USA
We get a kick out of these editions ourselves. Stop by our shop on Main Street in Montrose to check it out.
