MATERIALS LIST

1. Thread - Black 6/0.
   
   
2. Hook - Daiichi 1720, Mustad 9672, Orvis 1526, Tiemco 5263. Size 2-10.
   
   
3. Tail - Silver squirrel tail.
   
   
4. Body - Medium black chenille.
   
   
5. Ribs - Fine gold wire.
   
   
6. Legs - Medium round rubber legs for size 2-6. Small for size 8-10.
   
   
7. Hackle - Grizzly rooster saddle.

TYING INSTRUCTION

1. Insert the hook in the vise and build a good thread base.
   
   
2. Attach a smallish clump of silver squirrel tail at the hook's bend about two thirds hook shank length.
   
   
3. At the tail tie in attach, in this order, the body material, ribbing and hackle feather.
   
   
4. Tie in the rubber legs at the middle of the hook's shank.
   
   
5. Wrap the body material forward to the rubber legs, take 1 turn between the legs and proceed to the rear of normal head space. Secure with tying thread and trim the excess.
   
   
6. Palmer the hackle to the front of the body, secure with tying thread and trim the excess.
   
   
7. Counter wrap the ribbing to the front of the hackle. Secure with tying thread, trim the excess, build a tapered head, whip finish and cement if you like.

   ADDITIONAL NOTES

   Justin Shurtleff gave me this fly a few months before his death in an auto accident. Justin was a bona-fide 7 feet tall and could wade where only angels feared to tread. His favorite river was South West Montana's Gallatin and is where "Justin's Bug" was born. I seriuosly considered not including "Justin's Bug" in the pattern book but my friend was easily as generous as he was tall and I'm sure would not have objected. This fly is the Gallatin River brown trout getter though it has proven excellent for all S. W. Montana rivers including the Madison, Jefferson, Big Hole and Beaverhead.