To relatively inexpensively provide a grip rich in resilience, having beautiful appearance and excellent in grip feeling.

This fishing rod base grip 4 is a cylindrical member having a lid and made of cork and fitted into the end on the fishing rod base side of outer fishing rod body. The fishing rod base grip 4 has a cylindrical body part 21 made of cork into which outer rod body is inserted and an outer layer part 22 formed in the outer peripheral surface of the body part 21. The outer layer part 22 comprises a ribbon-like member obtained by processing cork classed as an extremely thinner and finer best class, compared with conventional cork used in the body part 21, into a thin ribbon-like shape.