Hareline Tomsu's Supreme Cricket Foam Body Cutter

What it is

Hareline Tomsu’s Supreme Cricket Foam Body Cutter is a foam body cutter tool built around extremely sharp, durable blades. At the bench it’s a stamp-style cutter that cleanly punches repeatable shapes out of sheet foam, keeping edges crisp so the parts stack and glue without ragged trimming.

What to tie with it

Use it to cut foam bodies for cricket-style terrestrials, plus pronotum pieces that sit over the thorax area and help build a defined silhouette. It also cuts foam legs so you can match left and right pairs quickly and keep proportions consistent from fly to fly.

Flies and the fish they're for

Cricket foam bodies cut with this tool are a staple for terrestrial fishing when real crickets are around and fish are looking up. Fished tight to banks and under overhanging cover, cricket patterns are common trout flies on freestones and spring creeks, and they also get eaten by warmwater fish like bass and panfish around grass lines and shade. When you need to turn out a handful of identical foam crickets for a trip, the cutter is mainly about speed and consistency at the vise.