Foam Cutters?

[flyfishermanj]

Ladies and Gents,

Anyone out there have these? River Road I know they come in various patterns and sizes as well as sets. Just curious if anyone uses something similar and if they like it.

JH

 

[Fredrick]

I don't own any myself but I have seen them used allot for tying crease flies

 

[Fishidiot]

Speaking as one who ties a lot of flies with foam and utilizes a lot of template-cut synthetic material......I can't see any reason to use something like this. The only exception would be if I were tying a very large order (hundreds) of an exact pattern in a single size where I really wanted to maximize time. Otherwise, the amount of time it takes to cut out the shape with scissors is negligible. I do have a couple templates I made out of plastic lid covers that I can trace with a magic marker to get the quick shape of a crayfish or similar thing if I'm going to tie several patterns of the same size.
They're also quite large and would take up a lot of my already very tight fly tying space.

 

[sandfly]

plan to get some this year. they work great..

 

[dubthethorax]

I saw a few guys tying awesome hoppers with a set of cutters at Somerset last month. I almost picked up a set of them.

 

[slackwater]

These work great. But absolutely buy the river road cutters. I bought river road cutters first, loved them, tried to buy the cheaper montana fly company cutters and they wouldn't cut 2mm foam.

 

[gentleshepherd]

I have a complete set of the river road cutters, and use them a lot.
Very quick cutting. I use them to cut my caddis wings out of webby material as well!

 

[jerseygeorge]

Excellent products. Very well made, quite sharp. They will even make up custom cutters for you.

 

[boychick]

Check out their STP frog pattern, looks killer for the warm water.

 

[Leteras]

They make awesome cutters. I have the supreme hopper cutters. The owners are super nice and will help you out in anyway they can.