Cade Kloberdanz
Contributing Writer
Caption: Cade doing a casting demonstration for attendees of the Montana Outcast Campout through Confluence Collective in Darby, MT on the ancestral lands of the Salish, Nez Perce, and Shoshone tribes. Photo by Julie Ellison
Cade Kloberdanz is a lifelong fly fishing angler with a passion for conservation and disabled access to the outdoors for all. He was a panelist on How to Get Started Fly Fishing and is an active member of Confluence Collective focusing on disabled access projects and social initiatives.
As a paraplegic himself, Cade is intimately familiar with the difficulties faced by individuals with physical disabilities in accessing the outdoors in general, and specifically when it comes to access for fishing.
In his own personal experience, he has found that true access for disabled people to the water is often inadequate or nonexistent, especially when it comes to rivers and streams.
Since becoming paralyzed in 2018, he has dedicated himself to championing causes that provide access to the water for individuals like himself. He has worked extensively with groups like Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing teaching other disabled veterans how to fly fish, tie flies, and build rods.
He's the new President of the Grand Valley Anglers Chapter of Trout Unlimited and on the Equity Working Group for Colorado Trout Unlimited. Cade majored in journalism at Rutgers University and writes a monthly article on various fishing and conservation topics in his role as President. He publishes a link to those articles each month on Instagram and Facebook.
As a regular contributor to CONFLUENCE COLLECTIVE he works on an array of projects and initiatives aimed at making fly fishing an inclusive and safe space where all bodies feel empowered to be on the water, including attending Outcast Campouts at various locations across the country.
