The chironomid larvae of the midge family is a small, segmented, round bodied worm that lives in small tubes in the bottom of lakes, creeks and rivers. The larvae typically burrow into the marl bottoms, where they live for approximately one year. Whenever they emerge they are feasted on by trout.
The Blood Worm
The Blood Worm fly imitates the chironomid larvae and can be fished from “Ice Off to Ice On” on any line. The key is to fish it slowly.
Insect: Chironomous larvae
Colours: Blood red, shades of green and brown.
Hook sizes: 9672 - 10 - 12 - 14 Mustad. Barbless.
Tying Instructions:
1) Dress hook by wrapping red tying thread from eye to bend.
2) Tail. Tie in a small amount of red material for the tail.
3) Body. Now anchor the body material at the bend. The material could be dyed red llama, fine red chenille or small red swannundaze. All of these work well. Fine silver or gold wire can be used for ribbing.
4) A few twists of peacock herl at the head finishes off the fly.
That’s all there is to it. Fished at a dead drift or with a slow, slow retrieve, this tiny fly can be deadly in the spring, or at anytime throughout the season.
NOTE: Mo Bradley is a Kamloops-based guide and fly fishing instructor. He is the exclusive guide on Fraser Lake, at the Stump Lake Guest Ranch, which is renowned for its huge rainbow trout.
Mo offers guiding packages that include fly casting lessons, a collection of the flies of the seas, boats, instructions on how to read a lake and transportation to and from the lakes he fishes in the Kamloops area. He can arrange accommodation for anglers and, for an additional cost, will give fly tying lessons.
Mo’s book and video, “From Ice Off...To Ice On” illustrates the tying of 13 flies that are essential for fishing for rainbow trout in the Kamloops area of British Columbia.
He can be reached at: 250-579-9097
Or by writing to: Mo Bradley, 3558 Overlander Drive, Kamloops, B.C., Canada. V2B 6X8. The Stump Lake Guest Ranch can be reached at: 250-372-1215.
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