To provide a gimbal for a fishing rod which can reliably engage with a locking pin of a rod rear end support such as a fighting belt and can also resist a tensile force and a fishing rod provided with the same.SOLUTION: This gimbal 1 is attached to the rod butt end for engaging with the locking pin 203 of the rod butt end supporting member for supporting the rod rear end of the fishing rod, and comprises a substantially cylindrical gimbal main body 1A, the gimbal main body An insertion groove 1E which is a groove extending along one diameter D on the rear end face 1A2 of 1A and into which the locking pin 203 can be inserted, and a space continuing to the insertion groove 1E, And a turning space 1 F in which the locking pin 203 inserted from the groove 1 E can rotate in a predetermined angular range around the axis of the gimbal main body 1 A.(FIG.【課題】ファイティングベルト等の竿尻支持具の係止ピンに確実に係合しかつ引張り力にも対抗することができる釣竿用ギンバル及びこれを備えた釣竿を提供する。【解決手段】釣竿の竿尻を支持する竿尻支持具の係止ピン203と係合するために竿尻に装着されるギンバル1であって、略円筒形のギンバル本体1Aと、前記ギンバル本体1Aの後端面1A2における一つの直径Dに沿って延在する溝であって前記係止ピン203を差し込み可能な差込溝1Eと、前記差込溝1Eに連続する空間であって前記差込溝1Eから差し込まれた前記係止ピン203が前記ギンバル本体1Aの軸の周りの所定の角度範囲αで回動可能な回動空間1Fと、を備える。【選択図】図2