One of the regulars around here (as was his dad) about a decade past has reached the clearing at the end of the path. The Iceman, Bill Haesche. Genuinely good dude. Two great young girls, just over 20. 2 Great Dogs.

Raise a glass.

Whoa ! That’s unexpected. Did he have cancer ? What a sad thing to hear. He was indeed one of the good guys :(.
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Great guy. Fished with him long ago.

This truly sucks :-(
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RIP Iceman.
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RIP ICEMAN & R&P to ya family ><< Im:splat:
., gonna miss ya ><

Damn. Bill was a really good guy. Such a loving and proud father to his two daughters. When I was still living in Franklin I met up with him in Foxborough or Walpole to watch his daughter play goalie (she was good!). Like John said, he also really loved hiking with his dogs. He had some nice terrain around him.

I have no idea what his recent health situation was like, but I do know his father’s passing absolutely crushed him. The two of them and their brothers had an annual tradition where they came up to SoCo for 1-2 weeks in the Fall. The last time I saw Bill we were running back and forth chasing fish from Blue Shutters to FPR. He had tears in his eyes the whole time. But he blind casted up a nice albie on a small atom popper and that made him smile. He thanked his Dad after releasing the fish and then sat down for a while.

RIP Bill. You were a cool guy taken way too young. You will certainly be missed. God Bless your family and many friends. Tight lines

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Just by the lack of replies on this post .is a statement of life & this & all sites .....way too many people theat knew ICE havn/t responded
gone elsewhere, really gone or DGAS .. it all truly sucks I was just reading some of his post on this facebook page ...........damn :cens:

Not sure I met him. Possibly with his dad at a Plugfest? But I echo Clammer's comments. A lot of the old guard either not online here or not with us anymore. Another day above the grass, so make it a good one.

Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends..I always enjoyed his posts here. RIP Bill->



All the answers to every question-Striper are out there (www). People know it all and don't need sites like these, people who still lurk here are people like us who weren't born into this social media thing, so when it came along, HoleyChit, loads of information, connections, etc, friendships were made, virtual but then in person....but this younger generation were already born with embedded micro-chips, so this type of site is too "old schoo", they'd rather watch somebody blogging a video, ,...there was a good push of new fishermen about 15-20 yrs ago, I'm not sure fishing is "in" like it was ,...only people with Old Salt in their veins can appreciate the type of content available here. Just look at the main page, most threads are about the lottery or somebody dying or dead, not fishing when the fall run is upon us? think about it..., ....but wrong conversation for this thread, sorry =

That shot of us gung ho 'ers like luds clogston Dave Anderson pulled away from hardcore every nite fishing due to work and family
Generation before too worn out or like me on the PUP list
This has always been like a club.

Sad to see another member go. Unfortunately never had the preivege of meeting. If I remember correctly he was an avid hockey fan esp rangers. Seemed like every weekend he was going to work on boat which seemed like a labor of love
Condolonces

So sorry to hear this, condolences to his family and friends.
Another gone way too young, very sad.

That sucks.
RIP Iceman

Bill was as genuine as they come. We talked regularly on Facebook. First time I met him was at a RI 4 leg at Weekapaug. We hit it off over ice hockey and fishing. Him, his dad , myself and Canalratt be ended up fishing the C Town breechway together that night as a hurricane was coming up the coast. We drank whiskey from the same bottle and had a bunch of laughs. I hooked up with him on the Cape when they vacationed the following year. He loved his daughters and his dogs and was very proud of his girls and their accomplishments on the ice and fields and off.

Bill took it very hard when his dad passed a few years ago. I know he was really struggling making sense of it all.

Here is the services information :


Please join us in honor of William Haesche’s life on Friday, October 6th at his beloved church, Calvary Baptist Church, 5 Wisner Road Warwick, NY 10990.

-9:00am-11:30am: Family will kindly receive visitors
-11:30am:
Church service / remembrance

Immediately following, there will be a gathering of family and friends in the church hall. Light refreshments will be served.

Thank you to all who have reached out. I cannot express in words appropriately how much your love and light is shining upon us ….. and we feel it. ❤️ Jen, Gwenyth and Grace.