Product Description

Headline: The blacked-out Abel SDF in the 4/5 size. The smaller, lighter trout reel for delicate work, built one town over from our shop.

The Abel SDF (Sealed Drag Fresh) 4/5 is the smaller, lighter sibling of the award-winning SDF platform. Fly Fisherman Magazine’s Best New Freshwater Reel for 2018 and Best of Show at the 2017 ICAST/IFTD trade show, the SDF was built after Abel moved their operation here to Colorado. The 4/5 size scales the platform down for 4-weight and 5-weight trout rods, weighing only 5.02 ounces with a 3.26-inch spool diameter that matches up perfectly with light-tippet, delicate-presentation fishing on small streams, technical tailwaters, and tight headwaters.

This configuration is the all-black version: Solid Glossy Black frame