{"product_id":"abel-sdf-fly-reel-solid-native-brook-native-brook-knob-4-5-wt-with-rosewood-handle","title":"Abel SDF Fly Reel Solid - Native Brook - Native Brook Knob 4\/5 WT with Rosewood Handle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe Abel SDF (Sealed Drag Fresh) earned its reputation the moment it arrived — Best of Show at the 2017 ICAST\/IFTD trade show and Fly Fisherman Magazine's best new freshwater reel of 2018. Built in Colorado after Abel's move to trout country, it scales the award-winning SDS saltwater drag down to a river reel: a fully sealed stainless steel and carbon fluoropolymer drag with zero to ten pounds of pressure, an adjustment range nearly three times wider than the original SD, and virtually no start-up inertia. It protects 6X on a size 16 and still stops a thick-shouldered brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis one wears the Solid Native Brook finish — a brook trout flank hand-painted by Abel's in-house artists, who have painted thousands of reels over 25 years — with a matching Native Brook drag knob and genuine Rosewood handle. No two come out of the paint room exactly alike. Sized 4\/5, it balances everything from a small-stream 3-weight to a 5-weight on the home water, with a large arbor, quick-change spool, and user-convertible retrieve. Designed and machined in Colorado, made in the USA, and backed by people who fish trout for a living. Stop by the shop at 432 E Main St in Montrose to see it in hand — reels like this rarely stay in the case long.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52168525250845,"sku":"ABEL-SDF-SOLID-NAT_BROOK-NAT_BROOK-KNOB_ROSE_4-5","price":1474.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/1637\/5837\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-19at6.06.30PM.png?v=1784506042","url":"https:\/\/edsflyshop.com\/products\/abel-sdf-fly-reel-solid-native-brook-native-brook-knob-4-5-wt-with-rosewood-handle","provider":"Ed's Fly Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}