hopper bodies

[hungNtree]

I've been thinking about foam hopper bodies. i know they make a foam hopper body cutter, but does anyone have any homemade, (thus cheap) foam hopper body cutters?

thanks,
hNt

[Uncle Jesse]

Walmart carries them, they are called scissors. Seriously, cut out a strip of foam tie it to the hook from the eye back, double it. create segments with thread. Or use a metal tube with a sharpen end in your drill, cut a cylinder in the side of a foam flip flop or child's foam puzzle. Cut a slit in the cylinder and superglue to hook, add wings, legs, creek chubs love them.

[smallmouthfever]

I took a refrigerator magnet and cut out a pattern on it for these. It lays extremely flat, I draw it out then cut it with scissors.

[popperfly]

Jason,

There are several ways you can make foam bodies real cheap, http://bigbluegill.com/photo/albums/...oam-body-flies http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...082205fotw.php You can use a piece of copper tubing to make a plug cutter for foam bodies http://www.warmfly.com/smf/index.php?topic=4718.0
http://riverbassin.com/forum/showthr...r-foam-poppers

[ScottP]

I used to use an x-acto knife and steel straightedge, then went high-tech and bummed my wife's rotary paper trimmer to cut foam strips for hopper bodies; if I want to taper the ends I use scissors. Almost bought one of those River Road cutters for Crease Flies, but I realized how much other stuff I could buy (not necessarily any more important, just more stuff) for the $45, so I made cardboard templates that work just as well.

Regards,
Scott

[CoachBob]

Look at March 14, 2011 fly of the week...bikini spider...and use this...just segment it when tying into hook.

[maodiver]

Nothing better for cutting strips like the old fashioned swing arm paper cutter...like your teacher (me) used to use. Total control of width of strip, and uber-fast..

[AlanB]

The newer rotary ones work just as well on sheet foam.
Cheers,
A.

[SMClark]

Assuming you're talking about cutting hopper bodies out of craft foam sheets, you might try 'Decorative' Craft Scissors: http://www.michaels.com/Decorative-S...wilton&start=3, aka, 'Paper Edgers': http://www.tackleunderground.com/com...-the-easy-way/, they come in a wide variety of blade shapes . . . and altho I haven't looked at them up close and personal, these might also serve to cut body shapes out of thin foam: http://www.michaels.com/Scallop-Sent...skars&start=69 and http://www.michaels.com/Squeeze-Punc...skars&start=85

[Greg H]

Although I prefer scissors or a knife and straight edge (no paper cutter at this house), I have put a piece of sheet foam through a paper shredder (the strip-cut kind) on occasion.