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Fly Fishing Rod

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $1.5M a year here. But buyers convert on only 0.9% of searches, so Fly Fishing Rod is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 11% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +13 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$1.5M/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+57.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Fly Fishing Rod against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Fly Fishing Rod is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fly Fishing Rod market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Fly Fishing Rod 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated $1.5M. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +57.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+57.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.9%
Market size, estimated
$1.5Ma year
Peak month
July2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
fly fishing rod272K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $139.50.

Listings sell for $139.50 on average, from $21.48 to $468.76. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $139.50 that is $14K to $35K a year per listing.

Average price
$139.50above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$21.48–$468.76
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$14K–$35K
Returns
2.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #111 within Fly Fishing. It carries 560 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#111in Fly Fishing
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
560per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Fly Fishing Rod products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

25%

  • Brand 129%
  • Brand 223%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Fly Fishing Rod search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

50K30KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Fly Fishing Rod search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • fly fishing rod272K/yr
  • fly rod228K/yr
  • fly rod and reel combo146K/yr
  • fly fishing rod and reel combo103K/yr
  • fly fishing kit69K/yr
  • fly fishing combo55K/yr
  • fly rods49K/yr
  • fly rod combo35K/yr
  • fly fishing rods33K/yr
  • 3wt fly rod21K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fly Fishing Rod

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

28%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
29%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
2.8%of orders come back
“the pole broke after 3 days of having it”
A buyer, on “Durability”29% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Fly Fishing Rod questions

Answered from the same tracked data.