PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fishing rod in which the tip vicinity of a tip rod is flexible and the operation of a portion of a hand side is easily transmitted to the rod top.SOLUTION: A fishing rod 1 includes a tip rod 2. The tip rod 2 includes a hollow elongated body part 2b and an elongated rod tip part 2a mounted to the tip of the body part 2b. The rod tip part 2a is configured such that the flexural rigidity of any portion is smaller than the flexural rigidity of any portion of the body part 2b, and the flexural rigidity is decreased as going to the tip from the tip of the body part 2b to the tip of the rod tip part 2a. The body part 2b includes at least one first fiber reinforced resin sheet extending over the entire length, and a second fiber reinforced resin sheet extending from the tip of the body part 2b to an intermediate position between the tip of the body part 2b and a root edge. The second fiber reinforced resin sheet is configured such that the flexural rigidity of the tip rod 2 in any position between the tip of the body part 2b and the intermediate position is larger than the flexural rigidity of the tip rod 2 in the intermediate position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】穂先竿の先端付近が撓み易く、手元側の部分の操作を竿先に伝達し易い釣り竿を提供する。【解決手段】穂先竿2を備える釣り竿1であり、当該穂先竿2は、中空で細長い本体部2bと、前記本体部2bの先端に取り付けられた細長い穂先部2aとを備え、当該穂先部2aは、任意の部分の曲げ剛性が前記本体部2bの任意の部分の曲げ剛性よりも小さく、その曲げ剛性が前記本体部2bの先端から前記穂先部2aの先端までの間で、先端に行くほど減少するように構成されている。前記本体部2bは、その全長にわたって延伸する少なくとも1つの第1繊維強化樹脂シートと、当該本体部2bの先端から前記本体部2bの先端と根元端の中間位置まで延伸する第2繊維強化樹脂シートを備え、当該第2繊維強化樹脂シートは、前記本体部2bの先端と前記中間位置の間の任意の位置における前記穂先竿2の曲げ剛性を前記中間位置における前記穂先竿2の曲げ剛性よりも大きい。【選択図】図1
