Grand Teton National Park, Fly Fishing the Snake River, face-to-face encounter with spyhopping otter

Fly Fishing the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park for native cutthroat trout. The seventh episode in June of 2021 to explore and fish Yellowstone and the surrounding areas for wild and native trout. Surprised by a curious spy hopping river otter before she and her family swam upstream.
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[@jirimensik3640]

Great video Nice place Thank you

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

Thanks Jiri, it is a beautiful area. My daughter and I have reservations to fish the area this coming June.

[@hereticleader4187]

Hey man I've been on a binge with your videos. You guys sure know how to have fun. We can't all go to these places you visit so when you go and make these videos, in a way we all go with you.

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

You nailed it! I have thought about doing an introduction on why I started doing these videos this way. I had a friend,who due to injuries and age was no longer able to go fishing with me, not even the streams near his home. I told him I was going to take him on fishing trips to these remote ponds in the White Mountains. He laughed. What I didn't tell him was that I had purchased this little GoPro camera and would film while talking to him as if he were hiking next to me. I sent him private links to the videos on KZbin and he loved them. Sadly he passed away. In some of my early videos you might hear me say, "Well Stuart, it looks like we're almost there" as I neared the top of a ridge over looking these ponds.

[@oldgamerchick]

Wowzer the Snake River is so shallow there. I was born and raised in Nampa Idaho. The Snake River runs through there. I have only caught catfish and trash fish there. Never seen any trout. We usually went up into the mountains for trout. There are Sturgeon in my part of the Snake River but, I have never caught one. Great video I have been all over where you are fishing. Such beautiful country. Thank you for the video. 🙃☕❤❤❤❤

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

Thank you for watching! I am currently editing and hope to soon post our third video in this Yellowstone Evacuation series, where Megan and I fish and catch lots of trout (and native white fish) on the Warm River. It is a beautiful place and has a campground, which from what we saw appears to be a great place for family camping.

[@davidpritchard4398]

Thanks!

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

You're welcome!

[@moxiemegan470]

Those otters came out of nowhere!

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

The last think you expect when fishing is for something to stick their head up out of the water right in front of you. I think they had a den nearby, which includes an underwater entrance. GoPro and other small video cameras have wide angle lens, which makes objects that are near larger than objects far away. When the otter first stuck her head out of the water she was 15 feet away from me and I swear she smiled with a toothy grin. I tried to use a digital zoom, but it doesn't have the same affect for what I was seeing.

[@paulboyle5659]

I see otters (European) all the time here in England as they were re-introduced to our river systems about 15 to 20 years ago, of course, they have decimated our fish stocks in smaller rivers in places but bearly affected our larger rivers. Anglers are going crazy about this but other people are glad to see the re-inroduction of some of our native species! I say let nature run its course. Nice video fella and thanks for sharing your trips with us =)

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

Otters are in our rivers. I slipped on an otter slide and tore a leg muscle a few years ago. They are rare in areas where they are preyed on - such as those in this video. The biggest problem we have, in my opinion, are Mergansers. Ducks with teeth like saw blades that feed on trout, crawfish, and other fresh water fish. A Merganser will consume up to 20 small fingerlings in a day, and I've caught larger trout (16 inches) with bite marks. Mergansers were hunted to near extinction by trout fisherman back in the 1920's and 30's. Unfortunately Mergansers don't taste good. Fortunately eagles are making a comeback and will eat them.

[@bobberube9401]

Great video Steve! It was great to run into yesterday on the Souhegan. Ping me anytime. -Bob

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

Hi Bob, It was fun talking to you, especially getting your suggestion on doing some videos of the local trout streams, sharing what I’ve learned over the years. After you left it dawned on me, you’re the first person I’ve met that has seen one of my videos, hiking in the White Mountains - fly fishing remote trout ponds and streams!

[@schmoonkie]

I encountered an otter family on the Madison River once by Lyons Bridge. I was a bit weary of them because a while back a woman was pretty badly chewed up by otters on the Madison ( different section ).

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

No kidding - they have big teeth. I encountered an "angry beaver" in one of first videos I posted fishing Greely Pond in the White Mountains. He kept swimming back and forth, getting closer each time and finally left, only after his girlfriend returned and told him to stand down. No way I was going to wade out further in this pond. I've heard that beavers have attacked dogs in the water.

[@janeberryman3581]

😊🙏

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

Thank you!

[@davidpritchard4398]

the cutthroat at 9 28 mark....what road/bridge are you by on the Snake River

[@RemoteFlyFishing]

~ 2.7 miles south of the enterance to Yellowstone N.P on the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway.