Abstract: A removable hand grip for use on a fishing rod handle of the type that mounts a reel having a stem projecting outwardly from the handle. The grip has a sheet like construction made from generally flexible material and is wrapped about the handle so that opposite edge portions thereof are overlapped. Each of the overlappd edge portions includes a pair of spaced flanges having adjacent ends defining an opening, and the openings receive the reel stem from opposite sides to completely cover the handle around the stem. Velcro strips on the flanges detachably secure the overlapped edge portions to each other and thereby removably secure the grip to the handle. The flanges of each edge portion have V-shaped configurations causing the grip to taper away from the reel stem in opposite directions along the handle with frustoconical configurations so the grip can accommodate a base of the reel stem which mounts the stem to a reel seat on the handle.