Product Description

Headline: The click-and-pawl reel for the angler who knows you do not need disc drag to land a trout.

The Abel TR 2/3 is the return of a classic. A modern reinterpretation of the original Abel TR series, built around what trout fishing actually requires: a time-honored click-and-pawl drag system, a palming rim for the angler’s hand to do the work, and the kind of fit and finish that turns a small-stream reel into a piece of art. Made by Abel’s machinists in Montrose, Colorado, the same town as our shop.

This configuration is the Ported Deep Blue frame paired with a hand-finished ebony wood handle. The partial porting in the frame is the visual signature of the TR series and a nod to the Abel lineage. Inside the frame, Abel mills the silhouettes of a stonefly, a caddis, and