Patent ID: 6973750

Claim:
A butt grip for fishing rods each including a hollow cylindrical butt pipe, a plurality of hollow cylindrical sections sequentially jointed together to form a telescopically retractable structure jointed to the butt pipe such that the sections are sequentially retracted into the butt pipe, and a tip rod mounted to an end of an outermost one of the sections remote from the butt pipe, the butt grip comprising: a hollow cylindrical tube opened at first and second ends thereof, wherein the first end of said hollow cylindrical tube defines a female ferrule, and the second end of the tube has a male ferrule, with an outer diameter of said male ferrule being equal to an inner diameter of said female ferrule; and a plurality of radial support ribs formed on an inner surface of said tube while being directed in radial directions and spaced apart from each other at regular intervals, whereby the butt grip is fitted over the butt pipe such that an external surface of said butt pipe is brought into close contact with inside edges of said radial support ribs.