Heated fishing rod

A heated fishing rod comprising:

• a tapered rod shaft;
• a plurality of metal housed ceramic eyelets affixed to said shaft in an aligned manner;
• an elongated hollow handle, said handle having a first end connected to said rod shaft, and an open end accessing a hollow portion formed within said hollow handle;
• a plurality of batteries;
• an end cap, fittingly engaged to said opening of said hollow cylindrical portion within said handle such as to provide containment for said plurality of batteries in a water-tight manner;
• handle heating means for heating the surface of said handle;
• eyelet heating means for de-icing said eyelets and said rod shaft, said eyelet heating means being in direct electrical contact with said handle heating means, wherein said eyelet heating means comprises a thin, elongated heating tape for converting current from said batteries to heat via electrical resistance, said heating tape being wrapped around said rod shaft and in thermal contact with said metal housed ceramic eyelets such as to provide an increase in surface temperature of said eyelets resulting from said electrical resistance of said heating tape;
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• switching means for simultaneously engaging and disengaging both said handle heating means and said eyelet heating means.

A fishing rod having a handle, shaft, and fishing line guide eyelets said fishing rod comprising:

• handle heating means in heat transfer engagement with the outer surface of said handle for increasing the surface temperature of said handle, wherein said handle heating means comprises an electrically powered thin, elongated, plastic encased resistance heat tape, said resistance heat a tape being wound around said handle in such a fashion as to provide a source of warmth on the surface of said handle;
• a plurality of batteries, said batteries contained within said handle and said batteries being in electrical contact with said resistance heat tape such that the current provided from said batteries is converted to heat within said resistance heat tape resulting from the resistance to current flow generated by said resistance heat tape;
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• eyelet heating means fox de-icing said fishing line guide eyelets during freezing external conditions.

A fishing rod having a handle, shaft, and fishing line guide eyelets, comprising:

• handle heating means in heat transfer engagement with the outer surface of said handle for increasing the surface temperature of said handle;
• eyelet heating means for de-icing said fishing line guide eyelets during freezing external conditions wherein said eyelet heating means comprises an electrically powered thin, elongated, plastic encased resistance heat tape, said resistance heat tape being wound around said shaft and being in thermal contact with said eyelets in such a fashion as to provide a source of warmth on the surface of said eyelets;
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• a plurality of batteries, said batteries contained within said handle and said batteries being in electrical contact with said resistance heat tape such that the current provided from said batteries is converted to heat within said resistance heat tape resulting from the resistance to current flow generated by said resistance heat tape.

A heated fishing rod with a guiding line, said fishing rod guiding line used for fishing, said heated fishing rod comprising:

• an elongated shaft member;
• a handle member connected to one end of said shaft member;
• a plurality of eyelets for guiding line used for fishing connected with said shaft member, each eyelet of said plurality of eyelets being spaced and aligned along said fishing pole member;
• electrical heating element means connected with both said handle member and said plurality of eyelets, wherein said electrical heating element means comprises a thin, elongated, plastic encased resistance heat tape, said resistance heat tape being wound around said handle member and said shaft member and being in thermal contact with said eyelets in such a fashion as to provide a source of warmth on the surface of both said eyelets and said handle member;
• electrical power means connected with said handle member for supplying electrical power to said electrical heating element means;
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• switching means for simultaneously engaging and disengaging both said handle heating means and said eyelet heating means.