You have to love Rainshadow rods! I fish with them exclusively now. We have been building them for a couple of years now, a great product coming from the Batson's. If I remember correctly, we don't use tape to build up the exposed realseats, we bought these gray "spacers" I guess you would call them. They worked alot easier. Just remember to wipe the blank really well after is in the correct placement.

later
Elkman