October 21, 2025
By Fly Fisherman Staff
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Oliver White started as a guide then grew his career as a fly-fishing entrepreneur to build Abaco Lodge. He later co-founded the indigenous empowerment non-profit organization Indifly, and currently is co-owner of South Fork Lodge in Swan Valley, Idaho. He’s been featured in many films, most notably the YETI Presents film A Thousand Casts that chronicled his adventure in Bhutan while searching for the golden Masheer. An active conservationist and environmentalist, White has influenced the outdoor culture for over a decade with his dedication to protecting wild fish and places while empowering native cultures to build sustainable businesses in their outdoor spaces through Indifly. He is a YETI and Costa ambassador that continues to explore the world wherever fish take a feather and a hook.
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00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:59.250: Hi, I'm Ross Purnell, editor and publisher of Fly Fisherman magazine. Welcome to Loop to Loop. It's a show where we make deeper connections with the people behind the magazine. We're sponsored today by Patagonia. Check out their new line of Swiftcurrent Waders. They've got two models, Expedition and Traverse. Both have been redesigned and reseamed in ways that make them tougher and easier to repair. In case you do get a leak, they're also make without PFAS, so there's none of those nasty forever chemicals that get in our waterways. So if you're interested in super functional pair of waders that work great and keep our waterways clean. Check out the Patagonia Swiftcurrent waders.
00:00:59.250 --> 00:01:33.280: We're also sponsored today by G. Loomis, American-made rods made in Woodland, Washington. I got started on G Loomis rods probably 20 years ago, got hooked on them by my friend Steve Rajeff. Today I'm fishing with three main models. I've got Asquith, NRX+ and IMX Pro models for different situations, different species, different tactics. So check 'em out, great fly rods.
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00:02:03.210 --> 00:02:38.020: Our guest today is Oliver White. He's a longtime Fly Fisherman contributor. He's an ambassador for many of the top brands in the industry like Costa and Yeti. He's a world traveler and adventurer, of the key man in starting some really interesting fly fishing lodges and businesses from Guyana to Idaho. We're grateful to be here at his lodge, South Fork Lodge in Idaho. Welcome, Oliver.
00:02:38.020 --> 00:02:51.990: No, happy to do it. Good to see you. Thanks for coming. Actually, I'm, I'm welcoming you, but you've actually welcomed us to your lodge and South Fork Lodge and your amazing fly shop. How long has this fly shop been here?
00:02:51.990 --> 00:03:24.850: This is our second season with the fly shop, and this is my sixth season now running South Fork Lodge. And it's all located right here at, I'm looking out at a boat ramp on the South Fork Conant Conan Boat Ramp. Is that the name of that one? Yeah. So we're right here on the South Fork of the Snake River, and we are, you know, within a stones throw of Conant Valley Boat Ramp is the busiest boat ramp on the river, kind of the entry to the canyon and kind of the exit from the Upper river coming down from the dam.
00:03:24.850 --> 00:03:46.420: So I, I definitely wanna end, end our conversation talking about all this incredible place, but I feel like this is, you know, one layer of an incredible journey to come to get to this point. Certainly not the end point, but it took a lot to get, to get to this point and you have an incredible story…
