Patent ID: 7584571

Claim:
A composite fishing rod, comprising: at least one elongate tapered section of a composite material having a polygonal exterior; a composite material spine within said tapered section; fibers in said composite material extending through all intersecting elongate planar sections which comprise said spine; fibers in said composite material surrounding said spine within said polygonal exterior; resin impregnating both the fibers of said spine and said polygonal exterior; wherein said fibers of said spine and said polygonal exterior comprise a single integral section in which fibers in said composite material cross over from each planar facet to adjacent planar facets and from each planar facet to each elongate planar section of said spine; said integral section is integrated by the presence of resin impregnated throughout the entire matrix of fibers which comprise said tapered section, bonding the fibers together in said spine and polygonal exterior into a single integral section as a uniform solid; at least one ferrule configured for connecting between multiple of said elongated tapered sections if said fishing rod includes more than one said elongated tapered section; and wherein said fishing rod is configured for attachment of a handle, reel seat, and line guides.