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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Novabonker on February 11, 2022, 01:29:16 PM

Title: RIP Dave Steele
Post by: Novabonker on February 11, 2022, 01:29:16 PM

Dave Steele, the owner of Highwater Tackle passed on yesterday from an aggressive form of cancer. Dave was one of the good guys.

Title: Re: RIP Dave Steele
Post by: RalphH on February 11, 2022, 01:37:00 PM

sad news and condolences to his family. Only been in the shop once or twice but it is a nice place with great staff including his daughter Gillian. I always enjoyed and remembered Dave's last page opinion pieces in BC Outdoors magazines. Didn't always agree but always enjoyed!

Title: Re: RIP Dave Steele
Post by: Fish Assassin on February 11, 2022, 03:01:19 PM

Very sad news indeed. Last time I saw Dave was last year during the pink season.

Title: Re: RIP Dave Steele
Post by: Knnn on February 11, 2022, 04:55:46 PM

Holy crap, that is awful, I was wondering why I had not seen him in a while.

Just talked to Gill on Saturday.

Damn it.  :'(

Title: Re: RIP Dave Steele
Post by: ribolovac02 on February 11, 2022, 05:49:23 PM

My condolences to the family , and fish in peace from now on .
I only talked to the man twice and he came across as a very nice helpful individual , very sad to hear the news .

Title: Re: RIP Dave Steele
Post by: Wiseguy on February 11, 2022, 07:03:16 PM

I was only in the shop a couple of times. I remember a chat we had about fishing steelhead on the Cheakimus river many yrs ago. Always enjoyed reading Daves writings in B.C Outdoors. My heart felt condolences to the family.

Title: Re: RIP Dave Steele
Post by: coastangler on February 12, 2022, 12:05:13 PM

Met him a few times at the shop and always found him super helpful and nice to talk to. Rest in peace