03-01-2014, 06:39 PM
Top Fishing Equipment Brands for 2013
Southwick Associates’ announced the brands and products anglers purchased most frequently in 2013.
This list has been compiled from the 18,559 internet-based surveys completed in 2013
In 2013, sportfishing’s most frequently purchased brands included:
Top rod brand: Shakespeare (Ugly Stik, Sturdy Stik, etc.)
Top reel brand: Shimano
Top combo brand: Shakespeare
Top fishing line brand: PowerPro
Top hard bait brand: Rapala
Top soft bait brand: Berkley Gulp
Top spinner bait brand: Strike King
Top jig brand: Strike King
Top sinker brand: Eagle Claw
Top swivel brand: Eagle Claw
Top rigs brand: Eagle Claw
Top leader brand: Seaguar
Top fly rod brand: Orvis and Redington (tie)
Top fly reels brand: Orvis
Top fly line brand: Scientific Angler and Rio (tie)
Top fly leader brand: RIO
Top tippets brand: Seaguar
Top ice reel brand: SHAKESPEARE
Top ice rod brand: ST CROIX
Top ice combo brand: Frabill
Top ice tip ups: Frabill
Top wader brand: Hodgman
Top clothing brand: Columbia
Top raingear brand: Frogg Toggs
Top landing net brand: Frabill
Top bait bucket/aerator brand: Frabill
Top fishing knife brand: Rapala
Top fish scale brand: Berkley
Top trolling motor brand: Minn Kota
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Southwick Associates’ announced the brands and products anglers purchased most frequently in 2013.
This list has been compiled from the 18,559 internet-based surveys completed in 2013
In 2013, sportfishing’s most frequently purchased brands included:
Top rod brand: Shakespeare (Ugly Stik, Sturdy Stik, etc.)
Top reel brand: Shimano
Top combo brand: Shakespeare
Top fishing line brand: PowerPro
Top hard bait brand: Rapala
Top soft bait brand: Berkley Gulp
Top spinner bait brand: Strike King
Top jig brand: Strike King
Top sinker brand: Eagle Claw
Top swivel brand: Eagle Claw
Top rigs brand: Eagle Claw
Top leader brand: Seaguar
Top fly rod brand: Orvis and Redington (tie)
Top fly reels brand: Orvis
Top fly line brand: Scientific Angler and Rio (tie)
Top fly leader brand: RIO
Top tippets brand: Seaguar
Top ice reel brand: SHAKESPEARE
Top ice rod brand: ST CROIX
Top ice combo brand: Frabill
Top ice tip ups: Frabill
Top wader brand: Hodgman
Top clothing brand: Columbia
Top raingear brand: Frogg Toggs
Top landing net brand: Frabill
Top bait bucket/aerator brand: Frabill
Top fishing knife brand: Rapala
Top fish scale brand: Berkley
Top trolling motor brand: Minn Kota
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