Hareline Tomsu's Supreme Cricket Wing Cutter

What it is

Hareline Tomsu’s Supreme Cricket Wing Cutter is a cricket wing cutter tool with sharp blades built for clean, repeatable cuts. It’s designed for precision cutting and holds up to regular bench use, while still packing down small for compact storage. It’s compatible with multiple foam thicknesses, so you can keep the wing profile consistent even as you change materials.

What to tie with it

Use it at the vise or bench to punch out matching foam wing shapes, then tie those wings in as a back/wing case on top of the body. It’s also handy when you’re stacking foam layers and want the wing edges to line up cleanly before you bind them down, trim, and finish the head.

Flies and the fish they're for

This cutter is aimed at foam cricket-style terrestrials and hopper-and-cricket type topwater bugs, which are standard summer dry flies for trout on rivers and spring creeks. The same foam-wing cricket silhouette also fits warmwater panfish and bass fishing on ponds and creeks when you’re floating a small terrestrial tight to banks and shade lines. In saltwater, a similar foam-top, winged profile can be adapted into small floating bugs for opportunistic species around calm backwater edges, when you’re sight-fishing and need a clean, symmetrical foam top to keep the fly riding right.