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Water worms. What is dangerous horsehair worm

The "horsehair" or "hairy" worm is found all over the world. Adults usually live in fresh water. It is believed that if you can meet hairy in a reservoir, this is a sign of clean, unpolluted water. The length of an adult is 30-40 cm. In appearance, the worm looks like a long hair, hence its name. Even Konrad Gesner, a Swiss scientist of the 16th century, wrote: “Some believe that this is a hair from a ponytail that came to life in water, but this is unlikely.” On the territory of Russia, hairballs from the genus Gordius are common, so named by Carl Linnaeus due to the fact that when mating, the worms fold into “Gordian knots”.

The harm of the worm to humans

Thus, the horsehair worm, as biologists assure, does absolutely no harm to a person, so you should not be afraid of it. And if you notice a hairy man in a pond, it just means that the water is clean there, and you can safely swim without fear of dying from this terrible beast.

  • gray soap. Plane into the water a simple gray soap, boil and in very hot soapy water keep the leg up to the ankle 3 times a day for half an hour. "Hair" disappears, dies.
  • Dry litter. Light horse or cow dry droppings and hold your foot over its smoke. Repeat the procedure several times; "hair" crawls out of the heel.
  • ears of corn. When the "hair" has already spread throughout the body, it reveals itself as wounds in various places. These wounds are very characteristic: one wound will heal, and soon a new one opens in another place, then a third, and so on. In this case, you need to take a bunch of rye, wheat or oat ears without grains, but only from those cereals from which you can make a bunch of small twigs. Put this bundle on one of the wounds and pour it with slightly warm water (like fresh milk) continuously for at least 2 hours until all the worms come out. This will be visible, as they wrap themselves around the twigs. The wound through which they crawled out will soon heal by itself, but it must be tied up so that it does not get dirty.
    If the wound does not heal, this indicates that there are still germs of the worm in the body. The treatment should be repeated. If the first wound has healed, and somewhere a new one has appeared, then the same procedure must be performed on it. Usually after 2 times all the worms crawl out.
  • Grain ears and lye. “The patient is placed in a bath, they throw grain ears on top of him, and then they are poured with hot lye. Individuals of the "hair" crawl out and stray into a ball on the ears. This procedure is repeated every other day until the complete destruction of all worms. The treatment lasts about 3 weeks.

Water worm Every angler, going fishing, always answers the same question: "What is the best way to fish?" on this fishing trip in the selected location. What bait to use he usually decides for himself. On any fishing trip, he uses various baits, but a water worm is rarely used. And he often uses those well-known baits that can be easily bought in fishing stores or prepared in advance in places known to him. Such nozzles include dung worm, maggot, dough and so on. But, sometimes, there are cases when the angler is forced to be smart in order to find bait near the river or right in it. Especially often this can happen if the bite was good, your bait is over, and you can catch more passion as you like. Fishing is a creative process. And among such interesting, and for one and catchy baits, you can find really unique ones, there are right on the pond. I will talk about one of them today. Water worm In order to get them you will have to take off your shoes, and in some places undress. You don’t need to go deep - a depth of 30-40 cm is enough and we are looking for more or less soft soil. We put our hands into the silt and get out of it, as much as possible of the soil layer. It is in it that the worms are located, which must be selected. If it is inconvenient to do this in the water, then we take the soil layer ashore. Worms are immediately visible, and they can be selected. When obtaining such a bait, it is better to immediately take out several layers of soil from the reservoir, and only then proceed to search for worms. Although this order does not save time, it is more convenient to do so. We bring the soil to the shore and turn it over. When you took it out, you need to prepare a jar in which the worms will be stored, draw water into it and, slowly, disassemble the soil. A water worm can be found in almost many rivers of the European part of the CIS with the above conditions suitable. The main habitats of water worms are silty soil on a gentle current in rivers and spills at depths from half a meter to two meters. It is better to find such places near the location of the pier and in coastal vegetation near the river bank, where there are large reserves of silt. For some unknown reason, the languid soil breaks easily in those places where the worms are. Therefore, it is easy to find them. They resemble stiff wire, and the color ranges from dirty yellow to green and even reddish. Usually a water worm lives in colonies and with a successful entry, you can get up to two dozen. This worm is extremely brittle, and therefore it is even difficult to put it all on the hook, and only a small piece is put on. Very interesting, but the cross section of his body is square. In order to stock up enough worms for fishing, it will not take much time, on average it will take 15-20 minutes. But such performance can only be achieved if you already know exactly the places where a colony of water worms lives. And, if you don’t know, you will have to look for it in such a reservoir. But your work will not be in vain, and after that, if you can find water worms, such a place will serve for many years in a row. But for this you will need to treat it with respect, and for this you should never select all the worms, and send the rest of the soil after work back into the pond. In different years in such places there can only be more or less worms, but you will always have enough of them for fishing. How and what kind of fish can be caught on a water worm Among the fishermen who know it, the water worm is very much appreciated, since almost all river fish, without exception, peck at it, even predators. You may know that white fish often use their noses to rake mud or soft ground to find food. And so the water worm is one of his favorite baits and the best bait. But he also has a drawback - he is very brittle. Therefore, when baiting a hook, never set it all the way. This does not make much sense, since it will not withstand it anyway and will break when cast. Therefore, when using it, pieces of the worm should be put on the hook with a “stocking”. The sting after baiting a piece of waterworm should be barely hidden. Now, having read the article, you will definitely know what is the best way to fish in this river. Of course, the dung worm is the best bait from this reservoir, which will not leave you without a catch, and you can always successfully fish with it! The water worm is an extremely interesting bait that lives in colonies. Therefore, it must be remembered that if a water worm lives in a given place, then exactly the same colonies should be located in the neighborhood and you can dig up as many of them as you need.

Main types of worms:

Worms are a good bait for catching carp, rudd, roach, bream, perch, carp, carp and many other fish, and can be used for fishing at any time of the year.

Main types of worms:

1. Dung worm

It is found in heaps of rotted manure, half-rotted straw, in the ground near barnyards, in greenhouses, greenhouses, etc. It has a pungent odor and releases a yellow liquid when pressed. Two varieties are more common: with a monochromatic color and with a variegated ringed. The latter are larger. The skin of dung worms is relatively hard, and they hold well on the hook. Considered one of the best worms for catching different fish.

2. Earthworm

Larger in size, painted in gray-white color, large in size, has a pinkish tint. It is found in the soil, sometimes even in clay, but more often in a well-groomed garden. It needs to be dug with a shovel at a depth of 15-20 cm. The higher the air temperature, the farther it goes from the surface. However, the sign: earthworms crawl out to bad weather - it is quite fair. The earthworm is very "durable", securely held on the hook. However, it is used less frequently for bait than manure: many anglers believe that the fish do not “love” it. Suitable primarily for catching donks.

3.Iron ore

A gray-smoky worm, with a darkish head, up to 15 cm long. A common inhabitant of clay soil. Worms of this variety are removed from the earth, using a shovel, a pitchfork, depending on its consistency, and a pointed stick is also suitable.

4. Large earthworm (creep out)

This is a very large worm, it reaches quite impressive sizes: up to 30 cm long, 8-9 mm thick. The anterior part of it is thicker and darker, and the tail is somewhat flattened. He lives deep in the ground, often on old arable and well-fertilized lands. Its habitat can be determined by the numerous minks that come to the surface, and by the lumps of earth thrown out near them. It is difficult to get this worm with a shovel: its holes are deep. There are several ways to make this task easier. For example, after a night of rain, worms crawl out of their holes, and in the morning they can be collected on paths, rolled roads, and even on asphalt. But it is better to go to the garden or garden with a flashlight and take crawls near their holes. If a small area with holes is poured with plenty of water, then after a while these worms will come to the surface of the earth even in dry weather. They must be hunted carefully, without noise: the crawl out does not completely come to the surface - the tail usually remains in the mink - and hides in it at the slightest danger. Taking it with your hand, you can’t immediately pull hard - you can cut it off. It is better to wait a bit until he weakens, then he can be taken out of the hole.

Large earthworm is an excellent bait for catching large fish, especially with bottom rods. They also catch it with float rods, picking up young worms that do not yet have a thickening in the form of a ring on the front of the body. They put the worm on the hook a little below the head, the body is partially shifted to the leash, pierced for the second time in the middle, turned around the forearm, for the third time the sting is inserted closer to the tail, without piercing through - this masks the sting of the hook.

You can keep creeps alive for several months if you keep them in a cool place in wooden boxes, in earthenware under some kind of load or in a canvas bag filled with grass, as well as in a box or pot, pouring a layer of sand on the bottom, covering it with moss, turf or scraps of rotten matting, bags, old bast washcloths. The nutrient medium must occasionally be moistened with boiled (rain) water.

5. Green worm

The size is not inferior to crawling out, but stronger than the latter. Color gray to dark green. It lives mainly in the Don basin, more often in damp places - in wet river sediments, under swampy hummocks, in oily meadow soil, at the water's edge. They get it by digging up likely habitats with a shovel.

6. Water worm

Special mention must be made of him. This worm is found in the coastal zone of rivers. Keeps in strongly silted places. Often found at permanent piers, rafts, in timber rafts. The worm itself is brown-red, often with a purple tint, as if rough to the touch. Its length reaches 20 cm, thickness up to 5 mm. Very easy to tear, gentle. It is baited on the hook entirely (in loops), but more often in pieces of the desired length (along the hook). Ide and bream are especially fond of it, and other fish do not refuse. It occurs in both silty and silty-sandy soils. The most durable worms are in silty-sandy. They get water worms with a shovel or simply with their hands, raking the bottom soil ashore.

There is another type of water worm - the water leaf worm. You need to look for it on the underside of the leaves of water lilies and white lilies. It clings tightly to plants, and even the nimble rudd, which usually keeps to such places, does not always manage to pluck it from the leaf. And by the way, this is one of her favorite types of food.

It is better to store the collected water worms in a glass jar with water from the same reservoir where you stocked them. Perch, roach, silver bream are also well caught on a water worm.

7. Subleaf

Larger than dung and earthworm. It is painted in dense red color with a violet or bluish tint. It can be found under old, long-lying straw, shavings, sawdust, and in the forest under a layer of fallen leaves. The ground below them is slightly damp. These worms are not dug - they lie open. The fish bites well on the leaf, but easily cuts it off; on the hook, this worm quickly stops wriggling and hangs motionless. This worm has advanced farthest to the north, it is not uncommon even in the Arctic.