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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Hiroyuki Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Naeki, Tokyo, JP;
Teiji Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Oda, Saitama, JP;
Daiwa Seiko, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fishing rod with which, even when fishing large fish or fish demonstrating strong tugs, fishing can be performed comfortably even if the angler's physical strength is small. The fishing rod is arranged such that a portion of the fishing rod ranging from a portion close to a butt portion of the fishing rod to a rod tip is formed by a solid rod having a region where a fiber-reinforced plastic prepreg in which reinforced fibers are stretched and arranged mainly in one direction is wound around and integrated with a surface of a solid member using a resin as a matrix and reinforced mainly by reinforced fibers generally oriented in an axial direction, in such a manner that a direction of the reinforced fibers of the prepreg is generally oriented in the axial direction.