A fishing rod, and a method of manufacturing a tubular structure such as a fishingrod. The fishing rod extends within a plane (210). At least a portion of the rod(202) has a flexural rigidity in a first direction (B) within the plane differentfrom the flexural rigidity in the opposite direction (A) within the plane. Thedifference in flexural rigidity between said directions is at least 5% of thevalue of the flexural rigidity in the first direction.
