Abel #5 Fly Reel with Spare Spool 8'5" The rod has seen a

The rod has seen a fair amount of use

with a silver frame

For sale here is a very well done shadowbox frame with a Ron Alcott salmon fly - the "Colonel's Lady"

Full intermediates throughout in red

The die stamp on the cap and the polished tube date this rod to the late 1990's

Abel #5 Fly Reel with Spare Spool 8'5" The rod has seen aA nice Abel No. 5 fly reel with a spare spool, 5" diameter and set up for RHW. The reel boasts a a 1 3 8" spool width and weighs 15. 3 ounces on my scale. This heavy duty model is very tough to come by in fact out of all of the Abels I've handled this may be the first standalone No 5 model (it corresponds to the Super 13 and 14). This one is in mint, unfished condition. The porting design differs slightly on the spools, one has standard circles while