PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fishing rod using a metallic pipe with an evenly tapered shape as a tip rod.SOLUTION: A fishing rod includes a tip part in which a metallic pipe material extends on a straight axis from the tip of the fishing rod, and which has a joining point having a hollow structure at least on the butt side of the fishing rod and a tip holding part, formed of a fiber-reinforced resin material in a hollow structure or a solid structure, and having at its tip a connection portion which is to be fitted into the joining point.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】釣竿として、先細りの一様なテーパー形状を持つ金属パイプ管を穂先として用いた釣竿が知られている。【解決手段】釣竿は、金属管材料が穂先から直軸状に伸長され、少なくとも竿尻側に中空構造の接合箇所を有する穂先部と、繊維強化樹脂材料により中空構造又は中実構造に形成され、先端に前記接合箇所に嵌入する繋ぎ部を有する穂持部とで構成される穂先竿を有する。【選択図】図1