First nasty cold stretch in Minnesota means it's time to build rods. Went to epoxy mine on a rather expensive blank and it started oozing out from the middle of the reel seat! Now I have a reel seat with epoxy all over the inside, and a hand full of it well. With the taper inside the seat, it can only come off towards the tip, smearing epoxy all over the rod! First poor experience I've ever had with Mudhole.