PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telescopic fishing rod not requiring a complicated structure as to form a fitting surface as a contract-retaining means and an occupied space in a rod axis line direction is minimized.SOLUTION: In the telescopic fishing rod in which an upper part 2 of a base is retained in a stretched state drawn from a base rod 1 and the upper part 2 of the base is retained in a contract state housed in the base rod 1, a plurality of flexible needle-like projections 5 extended toward the rod tip side are implanted on the end face on the rod tip side of a rod tail stopper 4 so as to retain the side end 2B on the rod base side of the upper part 2 of the base.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】 収縮保持手段として、嵌合面を形成するような構造の複雑なものを設ける必要がなく、かつ、竿軸線方向での占有スペースも小さくてすむ伸縮式竿を提供する。【解決手段】 元上2を元竿1より引き出した伸長状態に保持するとともに、元上2を元竿内に収納した収縮状態に保持する伸縮式竿において、収縮状態で、元上2の竿元側端部2Bを保持すべく、竿先側に向けて延出された複数の柔軟性のある針状突起5を、尻栓4の竿先側端面に植設してある。【選択図】 図1