Abel Classic Black Fly Reel

Abel Classic Black Fly ReelFor sale here is an Abel Classic fly reel in black. The reel is in mint condition. Made in the USA. The adjustable click pawl drag is smooth and strong. Reel retrieve is reversible and currently set up for RHW. The reel weighs 5. 9 oz. Diameter: 3. 30". Spool width is 0. 80". Comes with original black Abel reel case, literature, backing, and box. Serial no. 2190. Capacity: 3 4 5 Micro Spey lines WF5 7 traditional lines

second issue copy of WH Aldam's treatise it was love at first sight: quite a remarkable book with gorgeous gilt work and absolutely stunning chromolithographs

This rod came to me from a mutual friend of both Tom Maxwell and mine who originally bought it from Maxwell in the early 1990's

Classic blued nickel silver cap and ring reel seat over a beautifully figured mortised wood spacer

Includes the original box and reel pouch

who finished out the rod

9' 6wt 4 pc

This rod was refinished by me in the early '80s

The brake drum is provided with a smooth surface to accommodate the shoe and a toothed area or ratchet for the click pawl

Includes a rod bag made by Evie Summers and the original tube

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4052 made in July 1962

Reel seat cap has faint Leonard cartouche stamped into it with "Reg