Blood Worm

Two-gilled Blood Worm (Glycera dibranchiata)
Pink/violet Hackle Streamer

HOOK
Eagle Claw 254 #1-3/0
THREAD
Pink
TAIL
Pink bucktail with a small amount of light blue bucktail mixed in under 2 pieces of pink flashabou with a long pink saddle (tied in flat, curve down)
BODY
Pearl body braid
HACKLE
One webby saddle each of pink and violet palmered.

Notes

Time of Appearance: March to January

Will grow up to 15 inches. These worms burrow in sandy-mud or silty-clay of the intertidal and subtidal regions. They can tolerate low levels of oxygen in the substrate as well as minimum salinity. The spawning process of the sexually mature worms is initiated just before high tide in water tempratures between 55 and 57 degrees . Both sexes die after spawning.

Coloration: creamy pink with some violet.

Saltwater Flies & the Naturals