First rod built from scratch.

[jimsnarocks]

Although I have tinkered with used rods and replaced tip tops and rewrapped and relaced guides, I never built one from a pile of components and a blank. This is what all the questions over the past few weeks have been about. This is my first rod from scratch. I purchased the blank, handle and reel seat on ebay. The guides I bought from Cabelas. The winding check is bead chain super glued, painted black and epoxied to the handle. This is a dark blue, 7 ft 3 piece 3wt. It costed about $35. to build.
Will someone tell me a better epoxy to use than loctite 5 minute? It doesn't work that great.
Sorry about the cruddy pics. I can't seem to get photobucket to work anymore.