Hareline Tomsu's Supreme Mormon Cricket Pronotum Cutter

What it is

Hareline Tomsu’s Supreme Mormon Cricket Pronotum Cutter is a dedicated cutter for making Mormon Cricket pronotum shapes. It has sharp, durable blades that are built for precision, giving you clean, consistent cuts when you press it into material at the bench.

What to tie with it

Use it to cut pronotum pieces for Mormon Cricket fly parts, especially when you want repeatable shapes for the back/shoulder section of the insect. It’s also meant for cutting fly-tying foam, so you can stamp out matching parts quickly rather than trimming each one by hand.

Flies and the fish they're for

This cutter is designed around the Mormon Cricket pattern, where the pronotum section helps nail the profile of the natural. Mormon Cricket flies are commonly fished as big terrestrials for trout on western rivers during cricket/grasshopper-type events, and they also get eaten readily by warmwater fish like bass in creeks, rivers, and ponds when a large land bug hits the surface.