PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spinning rod having a joining structure which is hardly broken or the like, even when a sudden load is acted on the structure.SOLUTION: Provided is the spinning rod equipped with a holding member 10 for holding a tip section rod 5 and joining the tip section rod 5 to a circular butt section rod 3, characterized in that the holding member 10 has a holding portion 11 for holding the butt side of the tip section rod 5 and an insertion portion 15 for being inserted and fixed to the tip end opening 3a of the butt section rod 3, and the insertion portion 15 forms a space between the insertion portion 15 and the inside 3b of the tip end side of the butt section rod, when the holding member 10 is inserted and fixed to the inside 3b of the tip end side of the butt section rod 3.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】急な負荷が作用しても破損等し難い継合構造を備えた釣竿を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の釣竿は、穂先竿杆5を保持し、管状の元竿杆3に継合させる保持部材10を備えている。保持部材10は、穂先竿杆5の元側を保持する保持部11と、元竿杆3の先端開口3aに挿入、固定される挿入部15とを備えており、挿入部15は、保持部材10が元竿杆3の先端開口3aに挿入、固定された際、元竿杆の先端側の内面3bとの間で隙間が生じる形状を有する。【選択図】図3