Patent ID: 7374629

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a pass-through fishing rod comprising the steps of: (a) applying a mold releasing agent to a mandrel; (b) winding mold releasing tape around said mold releasing agent covered mandrel; (c) winding a notched/protrusive forming tape around the outer circumferential surface of said mold releasing tape in the axial direction of said mandrel at fixed intervals to form a plurality of notched surface portions and protrusive surface portions; (d) winding prepreg made from resin and reinforcing fibers around said notched/protrusive forming tape to form a fishing rod body; (e) winding a form-maintaining tape around the outer circumferential surface of said fishing rod body; (f) hardening said fishing rod body; (g) removing said core and peeling off said form-maintaining tape; and (h) releasing said notched/protrusive forming tape from said fishing rod body to form a notched/protrusive inner circumferential surface within said fishing rod body.