ADO.NET :: Can't Pass DataReader Values

Why can I not call the global variables CatCode and CompanyName which are equated in the first procedure GetCompanyCatID And use their new values in the second procedure UpdateCompanyCounts as parameter values. When I hard code them code their values at the end of the GetCompany CatID procedure the following procedure updates properly.

string CatCode; - delcared global
string CompanyName; - delcared global
protected void GetCompanyCatID()
{
LinkID2 = Request.QueryString["linkid"].ToString();
string L_ID = LinkID2;
SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString001"].ConnectionString);
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("GetCID", con);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@L_ID", L_ID);
try
{
con.Open();
using (SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
while (reader.Read())
{
if (reader["CG_ID"] != System.DBNull.Value)
CatCode = (string)reader["CG_ID"];
CompanyName = (string)reader["CG_Name"];
}
}
}
catch (SqlException exc)
{ }
finally
{ con.Close(); }
// ******* HARD CODED to test below update procedure, it works. When commented out the following update procedure does not update.
CatCode = "55555"
CompanyName = "Test";
UpdateCompanyCounts();
}
protected void UpdateCompanyCounts()
{
LinkID2 = Request.QueryString["linkid"].ToString();
string L_ID = LinkID2;
string CatCode2 = CatCode;
string CompanyName2 = CompanyName;
// string CatCode2 = "23456";
// string CompanyName2 = "TEST";
SqlConnection con2 = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString001"].ConnectionString);
SqlCommand cmd2 = new SqlCommand("UpdateCatCounter", con2);
cmd2.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd2.Parameters.AddWithValue("@L_ID", LinkID2);
cmd2.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CG_ID", CatCode2 );
cmd2.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CG_Name", CompanyName2 );
try
{
con2.Open();
cmd2.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
catch (SqlException exc)
{
// ErrorBox.Text += string.Format("Error: {0}<br/>", exc.Message);
}
finally
{
con2.Close();
}
}