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What's in a name?
It seems that these days the term 'VIVA' has been given to the very popular and successful colour combination of light green or chartreuse and black.
"It was first used by an English fly-dresser called Victor Furze. He had studied Thomas Clegg's book, The Truth about Fluorescence, and concluded the fluorescent light green was the most visible color to trout."
Hence the name.
A great point fly for a team of three flies particularly in slightly discoloured water.
See also:
Fiona shrek
Shrek - original
Materials
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Medium shank such as Tiemco 3769 or Hanak 230BL | Black | For #8 hook 3mm Chartreuse tungsten bead work well | Black marabou | Fine silver ribbing or wire | Chartreuse holographic tinsel | Black hen hackle | Black crow breast feather |
Process
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Tie in a woolly bugger type tail. I don't add the tinsel as in the traditional woolly bugger type tail but you can if you think your fly needs the extra bit of flash. This is one of those flies where the under-body must be uniform so if when you tied the marabou tail in you were left with ridges along the body use a bit of dubbing to fill those gaps in.
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