Before-ice stack
Short prompts to read in the car park or while you walk out: what you expect from the day besides catch and who you are fishing with in your head.
StillIce Print Lab
Paper tools for training the head on ice days
This page is a small lab of cards, strips and logs. You can print them, laminate them or keep them as photos on your phone – each one is a short mental drill.
Families of cards
Three print sets that cover the whole ice day
Each family has its own color and corner mark, so you can grab the right stack even in low shelter light.
On-ice drill cards
Small laminated prompts that survive wet gloves and wind: one for attention, one for breathing, one for patience above a slow hole.
After-ice log sheets
One page you fill at home or in the car: mood line, simple graph of tension and one place for a small story instead of a long report.
Paper or phone
Use the format that calms you, not the one that looks smarter
Paper
- Works in any cold, no battery to watch.
- Easy to lend to a friend for one session.
- Physical gesture: drawing a card marks the start.
Phone
- All decks in one gallery or album.
- You can zoom the text, add your own notes and screenshots.
- Good for late-night review when the cards stay in the car.
Cut & carry
How strip cards travel from desk to ice
Three small steps: print, trim and give one strip a place near the hole.
01 · Print full sheet
Use thick paper if you can. One sheet holds several strips: before, on-ice and after.
02 · Trim into a small pile
Keep before-ice strips separate from the rest, so you can grab them in the dark.
03 · Fix one near the hole
Clip a strip to a lanyard, rod bag or shelter loop so the drill stays in front of your eyes.
Marks & icons
A small legend so your notes stay simple
Legend on every page
Instead of long words, we use tiny marks on corners and timelines. You can copy them to your own notebook.
- Circle · breath and body.
- Triangle · attention and focus.
- Square · story, log and memory.
Print & screen
One layout for the printer, one for dark screens
You can stay light on ink at home and still enjoy the deep tones on your phone at night.
Print mode
Light backgrounds, clear cut lines and space for pen.
Dark mode deck
Deep colors for phone and tablet — the same words, new feel.
Session drawer
Keep your mental sheets in one calm corner
Not every trip needs new printouts. A small drawer with three types of sheets is enough.
Three piles only
One for warm-up, one for on-ice drills, one for debrief. If a sheet is full, you move it to a separate envelope.
Front card as a trigger
Keep one card on top of each pile. When you see it in the drawer, your head already remembers the drill.
One-minute reset
Once a week, flip through finished sheets. The goal is not to judge the season but to see patterns in mood and focus.
Companion sets
Small print bundles for different people on the ice
Quiet partner
Two cards only: one before and one after. No need to explain the whole lab — just hand them the pair.
Family trip
Simple strips with pictures instead of long text, so kids can point instead of reading.
Solo deck
A thinner stack with only the drills you actually use. Less choice, more calm.
Low ink edition
When your printer is tired but you still want the drills
Every template has a simple version with fewer fills, no big gradients and more white space for handwriting.
- Only one accent color per page.
- Solid lines instead of heavy backgrounds.
- Dark mode kept for phone screens, not paper.
Micro trackers
Tiny boxes that show how your season really felt
Some days you do not want a full journal. A row of small circles or squares is enough.
Each page holds a strip of mood circles and attention squares. You mark them once per session: no numbers, no long notes.
- Circle for mood, triangle for focus, square for story.
- One mark before, one after – the gap is the lesson.
- Good for long seasons where you do not want paragraphs.
Envelope kit
A thin pouch that holds a full mental session
One envelope is enough for a trip: a warm-up strip, an on-ice card, a small log and a blank space for notes.
Light
Fits into any jacket pocket or tackle box lid.
Simple
No folding maps – just a few quiet sentences.
Repeatable
When the envelope is empty, you had a good season.
DIY blanks
Take the layouts and bend them to your own habits
Every pack comes with empty versions: no printed prompts, only light guides and tiny dots for cutting.
- Fill the boxes with your own drills or questions.
- Change language without losing the quiet layout.
- Pair one printed card with one fully hand-written page.
Season wall
One quiet place at home where ice days stay in view
A board or side of a cupboard door is enough. You pin only one card per trip.
Pick a small surface you see often: hallway, gear corner, inside a wardrobe.
After each trip, choose one card or log and pin it there. The wall grows slowly, without big posters.
At the end of the season you read the wall left to right — the story is already told by the order.
Trip trio
One narrow strip that holds before, on-ice and after
Before
Two lines: what you expect from the day and what you can release if it does not happen.
On ice
One box for focus and one for tension — you tick only once.
After
Short sentence: what today taught you about patience.
Door reminder
A single card that hangs where you leave the house
The card is not a checklist of gear. It is a checklist of attention: one line for body, one for mood, one for company.
- Touch the card when you take keys or thermos.
- Read one line out loud – that is the start of the session.
- Turn it around when you come back: trip done.
Pocket strip
One thin card that always lives with your keys
This layout is built to survive pockets, snow and quick exits from the house.
Print two identical strips, fold them in half and tape the edges — it becomes a small, flexible card.
One side holds a before-ice reminder, the other side keeps a single sentence for the way back.
You do not log anything here. The pocket strip is only there to pull your attention into the day.
Tiny checklist
Three quick checks before you press “Print”
Session
- Pick one warm-up, not five.
- Choose a single on-ice drill per day.
- Decide how you will close the trip.
Paper
- Use a slightly thicker sheet if you can.
- Check duplex if you want front and back.
- Leave one page blank for notes.
Headspace
- Ask what you want from the next trip.
- Write that line on the first card.
- Only then start the printer.
Last card
Print a little, repeat often, let the season draw itself
Print Lab is not about making a perfect planner. It is about giving your ice days a few steady anchors.
Start with one deck, one strip or one log. Use it on two or three trips in a row before you change anything. Your nervous system loves repetition more than new tools.
When cards start to feel familiar in your hands, the drills inside them become second nature — and that is where StillIce Studio actually lives.
