Yesterday while picking up some materials at the fiberglass vendor I picked up an Epoxyworks magazine and saw this article which may be of interest to the rod builders on this forum.

While it's done to a fly rod, I imagine it would work on spinning or casting rods as well.

Here it is. I hope it reproduces so it can be read and the photos are clear enought.

As chance would have it, while I was there, a boatbuilder was speaking about the ability of G flex not only to withstand water but to actually bond wet surfaces.

He soaked a couple of pieces of wood in a bucket for three days.  He removed them and applied the G flex to the wet board, clamped them and placed in the bucket for another day.

When he tried to pull the pieces apart, it was the wood that gave way.  The bond remained intact.

I have no experience with the product, but was very impressed with what I heard.  The only other material I know of that will bond soaking wet pieces of wood is 3M 5200, and that stuff takes days to cure. 

Interesting.  Thanks for posting.