Katie Cole is the Program Manager for the National Fishing in Schools Program.  She also serves as the Education Director for The School of FlyFishing, Education Partner of NFSP.  Essentially, she is responsible for our education programs.  Katie works with her father, Dana, in developing, directing and teaching NFSP's varied education efforts.

Katie is a 33 year old native of Lincoln, Nebraska.  She attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and graduated from Prescott College in Arizona.  She has a degree in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Environmental Education and a minor in Adventure Education.

Katie has 20+ years of experience fly fishing.  She learned from her father, grandfather and great-grandfather.  She has taught and guided fly fishing professionally in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Washington.  She has caught Bluegill and Green Sunfish; Largemouth, Smallmouth and Rock Bass; Rainbow, Brown, Brook and Cutthroat Trout; Northerns and Walleyes; Catfish and Stripers; and frogs on flies.

As a staff member of the University of Nebraska Outdoor Adventures Program and companion program in Arizona, she lead trips in many remote locations in the U.S.  She ties flies, builds rods, and studied in Baja, California, where she swam with whales and sea lions.  She holds certifications in Wilderness First Responder and Swift Water Rescue  and has a passion for sharing the outdoors and fishing with others.

When not working with or training NFSP educators, she likes to hunt (with her setter "Lady"), climb (rock, ice), scuba dive, sea kayak and bicycle.

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Please contact Katie if she can assist you in bringing "Fishing in Schools" to your youth.

Dana C. Cole