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Put a masking tape ring around the rod about 1/2 inch in from where the reel seat will end on the tip side after its done. make this masking tape fit perfect (tight) inside the seat id. Push the seat just over the tape. wrap tape around the outside of the seat to mask off the epoxy. Pile epoxy very high around the blank towards the back. I usually pile up about and inch ling. As you slide the seat down , the very tight plug of masking tape insde makes the whole set up like the inside of a syringe. As long as you keep epoxy piles up on the rod and masked off front off seat it will suck in epoxy as you move it back. be sure to keep piling on the epoxy cause if at any place there is a gap , it will suck in air instead. At the end , I like to have the cork shaped to fit right into the end of the seat. This provides the second ring for the seat to sit on , keeping it centered and also acts to ram just a little more epoxy back up the seat.
I don't know if I described it good. If you can't catch my meaning , let me know and we can arrange to get together and I'll show you. I will fill the seat 100% if done right.
Interestingly , I also learned this gluing technique from Art kaplan at the rodbuilding seminar.
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