To the entire Rodbuilding.org membership,
It saddens and embarrasses me to have been informed I may have offended any of you in general, veteran rod builders in particular, in one of my posts. If such occurred, please allow me to express my sincere and humble apologies. I would be the last one to intentionally offend anyone on this site, particularly you veteran builders who have selfishly afforded the rest of us such a vast wealth of knowledge. After posting and replying on this site for the past six months, I assumed everyone was accustomed to my light-hearted, easy-going and comical style, often while poking fun at myself. It would be a shame if restricted from doing so on this site. However, I will keep tight reigns on the intentional humor in the future.

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

Hate seeing a guy get his ass busted for having an opinion.

It's hard at times to read humor or sarcassam via text. But, for the record, there's no harm here in my world.

Crap.... what did I miss?

Support is neither sought nor expected but is appreciated. Understanding my serious yet at times silly, intelligent yet at times idiotic, gracious yet at times goofy, but always fun-loving and light hearted style would also be appreciated.

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

Please excuse me once again. In the initial post, the word,”Selfishly” should read, “Unselfishly”. While hoping all realized it to be an obvious typo, clarification is required. Sorry!

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.