PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fishing rod with a metal tip section rod in which a fishing line hardly adheres to the surface of the meal tip section rod, and which is excellent in appearance, and can achieve sufficient bond strength even when a fishing line guide is attached.SOLUTION: A fishing rod includes a tip section rod 12 having a tip section 12A composed of a metal solid body and a tip holding part 12B into which the tip section is fitted. Carbon fiber 15 is wound at least on an external surface of the metallic tip section 12A so that its base material is partially exposed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3