Abel SDF Fly Reel Solid - DeYoung Brown Flank - 5/6 WT with Rosewood Handle

The Abel SDF DeYoung Brown Flank in a 5/6 weight brings Derek DeYoung's vivid brown-trout artwork to the most versatile size in the freshwater lineup. This is the solid-frame version, which gives the painted flank a continuous, unbroken canvas and a touch more heft, finished with a hand-shaped rosewood handle that warms the whole reel.

It's a display-worthy reel that fishes every bit as hard. Named best new freshwater reel of 2018 by Fly Fisherman Magazine, the SDF runs Abel's fully sealed drag borrowed from their saltwater reels, so you get inertia-free startup to protect light tippet and dependable stopping power for a strong 5- or 6-weight fish.

Key features

• Derek DeYoung Brown Flank artwork on a solid frame
• Warm rosewood handle
• Sealed stainless steel and carbon fluoropolymer drag, up to about 10 lbs
• 5/6 weight, the all-around trout size
• Large-arbor spool for faster line pickup and less memory
• Virtually zero start-up inertia
• User-convertible left- or right-hand retrieve, quick-change spool
• Designed and machined in Colorado, made in the USA

We fish DeYoung Abels ourselves. Come see the solid-frame version at 432 E Main St in Montrose.