The Abel SDF Ported in Deep Green is a handsome, outdoorsy build in a 6/7 weight. The forest-green frame is machined out to save weight, topped with a black drag knob for contrast and finished with a dark, grained ebony handle. It's a color combination that feels right at home on a river bank, and the 6/7 size gives it real backbone for bigger flies and fish.
At 6/7 it steps into streamer, big-trout, smallmouth, and light-salt territory. Named best new freshwater reel of 2018 by Fly Fisherman Magazine, the SDF runs Abel's sealed, saltwater-derived drag, offering inertia-free startup and up to roughly 10 pounds of smooth stopping power for hard-pulling fish.
Key features
- Ported Deep Green frame with black drag knob
- Dark ebony wood handle
- Sealed stainless steel and carbon fluoropolymer drag, up to about 10 lbs
- 6/7 weight for streamers, big trout, and light salt
- Large-arbor spool for faster retrieve and reduced line 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 fish reels this size for streamers ourselves. Come see the deep green build at 432 E Main St in Montrose.
