Abel SDF Fly Reel Ported - Basic Black - Grateful Dead Bolt 5/6 WT with Ebony Handle

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.