PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spinning rod which can easily and stably be grasped with the whole body of a grasping hand.SOLUTION: In the spinning rod 10 having a reel seat 14 for mounting a spinning rod-attaching portion 4 forward and backward extended from the leg portion 6 of a spinning reel 8 on a mounting surface 18 and pressing and holding the spinning rod-attaching portion 4 on the mounting surface 18 with a fixed hood 20 and a movable hood 24, the reel seat 14 has an outward opened dent portion 38 at a site on the opposite side of the mounting surface 18 and on the forward side of the opening end 20a of the fixed hood 20 and the dent portion 38 has forward and outward a rear slope for supporting the thumb of the grasped hand, when the leg portion 6 extended from the held spinning rod-attaching portion 4 is nipped with two of the forefinger to the fifth finger of the grasped hand to grasp the reel seat 14, and has rearward and outward a front slope for controlling the forward movement of the thumb.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】握持する手の全体で握り込み易く安定した握持が可能となる釣り竿を提供すること。【解決手段】魚釣用リール8の脚部6から前後に延びる釣竿取付部4を載置面18に載置し、固定フード20と移動フード24とで釣竿取付部4を載置面18に押圧して保持するリールシート14を有する釣り竿10であって、リールシート14は、載置面18の反対側で固定フード20の開口端20aの前方側部位に、外方に開口する凹部38を有し、この凹部38は、前方かつ外方を向き、保持した釣竿取付部4から延びる脚部6を人差し指から小指の間のいずれかの2本の指の間で挟んでリールシート14を握持したときに、この握持した手の親指を支える後部傾斜面と、後方かつ外方を向き、親指の前方移動を規制する前部傾斜面とを有する釣り竿。【選択図】図1
