Inner rod for a hollow collapsible fishing rod

An internal-line tapered fishing rod comprising:

• a tapered tip section having a bore and a fishing-line entrance hole communicating with the bore;
• a butt section connectable to said tapered tip section endwise adjacent said fishing-line entrance hole;
• an inner guide assembly formed base-endwise with a flange having a removal hole perpendicular to the fishing rod axis, said inner guide assembly defining an internal fishing line passage and including axially tapered fishing-line guide means circumferentially retained and coaxially disposed within said inner guide assembly, said fishing-line guide means therein following the taper of said tapered tip section such that said inner guide assembly is adapted for removable insertion into said tip section;
• wherein
• the removal hole in said flange is aligned with said fishing-line entrance hole such that the inner guide assembly can be removed, and
• the removal hole is for receiving a removal tool for pulling said inner guide assembly out of said tip tapered section.