Scale up the artwork and the muscle with the Abel SDF DeYoung Brown Flank in a 6/7 weight. Derek DeYoung's bold brown-trout rendering wraps a solid frame, kept understated with a machined black handle that lets the painting do the talking. This is the big end of the freshwater line, sized for streamers, heavy trout, smallmouth, and light salt.
The extra capacity means you can put the full range of the award-winning drag to work. Named best new freshwater reel of 2018 by Fly Fisherman Magazine, the SDF's sealed drag offers inertia-free startup and up to roughly 10 pounds of smooth, sealed stopping power for fish that pull hard and run far.
Key features
- Derek DeYoung Brown Flank artwork on a solid frame
- Machined black 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
- 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 reels this size for streamers ourselves. Stop by our Montrose shop on Main Street to see it.