I am fixing a reel seat rt now on a friends rod we built last year. We used the masking tape deal when we built it. Well this rod was for cod fishing and the clamp on the bottom of the 113 penn crushed the seat and it is Junk. We learned to do reel seats at MikeCC and this is the best way to do it. Will last a life time. 1. sand the area were the seat will go. 2 sand the inside of the reel seat it self 3 wrap the cork tape up from the butt to were the seat will rest If the seat is reel big you can build up here with masking tape. 4 build up the blank were the center of the reel seat will go using fiberglass sheet rock tape (looks like netting) slide the seat on and tape in place at the bottom so that the epoxy does not leak out. 5 Now stand rod on butt end and fill the top of seat with epoxy, you can heat the seat with hair dryer to keep the epoxy free flowing. as you fill the seat it will settle a little and you might have to refill a little to top it off. let sit over night and you set for life.
Macojoe
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