Foam Cricket - Fly tying lesson video tutorial by Curtis Fry

Here's a fun cricket pattern to tie. It uses the River Road Creations foam cutters.

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• fly
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• tutorial
• river
• road
• creations
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• cutter

[frugalflyfisherman]

Did you make the curved wire tool you used when you first started to make the extended body and/or is that available commercially? On average, how many foam bodies can you cut before the cutters get dull? I like tying with foam so thank you for posting an awesome cricket pattern.

[frycdf]

@frugalflyfisherman Those are Renzetti ext body pins. But you could probably just get buy with a thicker paper clip if you wanted. I haven't dulled the cutters to any point where they are dull. I'm probably running 200 bodies on a couple of them...

[docandry77]

Where can you buy superglue that has a reusable applicator?

[frycdf]

@docandry77 I get it at Walmart. They don't always have it, so when they do, I buy several bottles. Love it.

[frugalflyfisherman]

@frycdf Thanks for the info on the Renzetti ext body pins. Great idea on using the paper clip, I'll give that a try. Also thought I might make a jig and try bending them that way. I'm going to order some cutters soon. Thanks for the info on those. Tip High and Line Tight!!!

[dreamcaster4639]

That's a good cricket pattern