Hareline Tomsu's Supreme Mormon Cricket Foam Body Cutter

What it is

Hareline Tomsu’s Supreme Mormon Cricket Foam Body Cutter is a foam body cutter tool built around extremely sharp blades for precise, repeatable cuts. It’s designed to hold up at the bench, with a durable build that stays consistent as you crank out multiple bodies.

What to tie with it

Use it to cut foam bodies cleanly to shape, then stack, laminate, or fold those pieces on the hook for a tight, even silhouette. It’s also made for cutting foam pronotums and foam legs, which is handy when you’re trying to keep every bug in a batch looking the same.

Flies and the fish they're for

This tool is aimed at tying foam Mormon cricket-style terrestrials for trout in the West, where big hoppers and crickets are a staple along grassy banks and cutbanks in late summer. The same cut-foam approach also fits warmwater “big bug” terrestrials for bass and panfish on ponds and creeks, where a chunky foam body and splayed legs get eaten hard on top.