Subtle done right: the Abel SDF Satin Black 5/6 wears a Casey Underwood Mayfly engraving on a stealthy satin-black frame, with a matching satin black drag knob and a black handle to keep the whole reel blacked-out and understated. Look closely and the mayfly artwork reveals itself against the dark finish, a nod to the bugs that make a trout day.
This solid-frame SDF is the everyday 5/6 size, right at home on the water from spring through fall. It earned best new freshwater reel of 2018 from Fly Fisherman Magazine and runs Abel's sealed, saltwater-derived drag, delivering inertia-free startup that protects light tippet and dependable pressure when a fish runs.
Key features
- Satin Black frame with Casey Underwood Mayfly engraving
- Matching satin black drag knob and black 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 Underwood editions ourselves and love this one. Stop by our shop on Main Street in Montrose to check it out.