DESCRIZIONE
A flexible and durable tip rod (12) and a fishing rod (1) having the same is provided. A tip rod (12) according to the disclosure is made of a fiber reinforced resin. The tip rod (12) has a solid structure at least at its distal end portion. The tip rod (12) is formed by dispersing reinforcement fibers (22, 22a, 22b) in a matrix resin (20), molding the matrix resin (20) that contains the reinforcement fibers (22, 22a, 22b) into a prescribed shape, and heating the molded matrix resin (20) that contains the reinforcement fibers (22, 22a, 22b) to be cured. An average diameter of the reinforcement fibers (22, 22a, 22b) is 3 to 15 µm, an average length of the reinforcement fibers (22, 22a, 22b) is 0.5 to 10 mm, a content of the fibers (22, 22a, 22b) dispersed in the matrix resin (20) is to 3 to 50 wt%. The solid structure of the tip rod (12) includes three layers, which are an outer layer (A), an intermediate layer (B), and an inner layer (C) in which the reinforcement fibers (22, 22a, 22b) are directed in a different direction for each layer. Alternatively the solid structure may include two layers, which are the outer layer (A) and the inner layer (B).