PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fishing rod having an appearance like a bamboo rod comprising a natural bamboo material; and to provide a production method thereof.SOLUTION: A fishing rod includes a slender fishing rod body provided with many protrusions 20 over approximately the whole area of its outer surface. Film layers 28A-D are formed by die-coating on the outer surface of the fishing rod body. The film layers 28A-D are formed so as to have a linear pattern extending so as to bypass each periphery of many protrusions 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4