Friday Night Flies - Miyawaki Beach Popper

The Miyawaki Beach Popper is no stranger to catching fish off of beaches in the Pacific Northwest. Leland Miyawaki originated this pattern for cutthroat off the beaches around Puget Sound and it has quickly gained a reputation as a must have pattern for Sea Run Cutthroat as well as Coho Salmon.
The popper head tied in backwards makes the fly dart side to side as it is stripped through the water. It is a great searching pattern to help you find fish.
Up size the hook and the popper head to make it more suited for the Coho Salmon in your area. This is a fun and easy pattern to tie and it works for species all over in both fresh and saltwater.

[@maxbabb2785]

Very nice. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@toddfriedmar8126]

Great tutorial. Tied my first set of Miyawaki Beach Poppers today. The step by step instructions we’re really helpful and easy to follow.

[@zahnarzt352]

The popper is an amazing searching fly on the beaches. Great choice for a tie!

[@sketchySPORK]

Greg Royack thanks Greg. It’s such a fun pattern to fish. I love how active it is on the surface

[@mantismamba]

Great video! Thank you

[@SurfSkagit]

Great pattern, sure like and Sub 👌👌👌

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

Do you know of any videos that show how this should be fished?

[@timothycarr9657]

Leland suggests long, slow strips, creating a V-wake. You will see many fish punch at it, and you will miss a lot of hook sets. Just the way it is.. He suggests casting in a 9 ocock, 10 oclock, and 11 oclock pattern. which you should always do anyway, no matter what fly. I have had catches on short, erractic strips as well. and recently, I put this on a sinking line, with erractic strips and nailed it. So the answer is, put fly on, cast, strip.

[@user-cl9qe4rg7t]

Nice tie! Where in the lower mainland would you fish this? What sort of rod setup? Thanks.

[@mholzman50]

Should be an ingredients list for this fly somewhere on this video.

[@BradKnowlesPembertonFishFinder]

Recipes are all on our website. Fridaynightflies.com

[@seanmooney3907]

Backwards popper is called a slider, just in case you didn't know. Great looking pattern, so it should be called the Miyawki slider. Thanks for sharing. I'm not sure you know me but Brad and the two Scotts do. I just put out little pieces of information for fun. No insult intended. All the best, Sean

[@timothycarr9657]

Even Leland states now, that when he originally named it, he mis-named it. I am sure he wouldn't be offended at your info.

[@321Phinney]

Good vid. Is there a way to avoid the trailing hook from pointing upwards when the 20lb leader is looped through the hook?

[@321Phinney]

Also, why point the hook up for a slider? Is there an advantage of this vs pointing down? Thx!!