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Custom painted jigs and plastics We make custom painted jigs and plastics for ice fishing. Owner Travis Krousie

09/16/2026

Working….kind of…..

Sorry for the lack of movement and communication of late. I’ve been working but not as much. I’ve had a few life distractions going on. I’ve been looking into early retirement a lot and how to make it happen. This corporate America stuff is really getting bad. The future of the workforce that I see looks bleak. Maybe it’s me getting older but my patience for things is really running thin.

I felt like getting away this weekend and decided to go up to see my Uncle on the old family farm on my Dads side. I haven’t been up there in 38 years. I have fond memories of my dad taking me up there as a child. Not many kids get to see a simpler way of life. The farm is in Monona Iowa. 20 minutes from the Mississippi River. Yes, we went fishing and got a few walleye, sheepshead and a flathead. For dinner I was treated to a deer roast with homemade noodles, mashed potatoes and sweet corn from the garden. Everything tastes better off the land. I feel sorry for people that never experience it.

I’ve always felt at ease up in Northeast Iowa. I think it’s the connection with nature. Maybe I need it? My anxiety and worry’s always go away when I start seeing the bluffs and timber. You get to a point in life where you start seeing people passing away. Celebrities you grew up watching pass and it starts to have a profound impact on you. It’s been on my mind a lot the last 2 years. You look at what you’re doing and how you’re living and how much time you may have left.

My uncle wants me to move up to the farm. He’s offered me a spot to build on. I’ve never really wanted the big house and fancy things. I’ve always leaned toward a frugal life style not shared by my family. I’ve always struggled with the spending. I have a lot to think about.

Jigs.
I continue to get back to my work. I did some more tungsten work. I’m going to hold them for a future release. Glass Fry have eyes on them now and are ready for Glass. I’ll hit that hard tomorrow. I’ll get back to the Waiting List tomorrow.

I felt like I owed an explanation for the lack of anything going on.

09/09/2026

All Apocalypse SHIPPED!

I wrapped up shipping out all the Apocalypse orders today. Tomorrow I’ll jump back to the Glass Fry work. Thanks everyone that ordered.

Sorry I haven’t posted much the last week. Just been busy on different things. Posting will pick up again!

Have a good day!

09/03/2026

Working on Pre-Sales!

Spent most of the morning base painting Apocalypse Tungsten Jigs for yesterday’s Pre-Sale. Pre-Sale Apocalypse went Live on the website yesterday at 1PM as announced. The Pre-Sale sold out in about 3 hours. I listed multiple sizes totaling 310 jigs. I received over 80 orders of which close to 25% of were to new customers.

I will finish base painting all of them today. I plan to rack them all and start putting on the GLOW dots tonight. I hope to finish the GLOW dots tomorrow. Over the weekend I’ll clear coat them. Monday is a holiday but I should get them all packed up and out the door on Tuesday.

WAITING LIST will resume next week after the holiday. I’ll also be back to working on Glass Fry.

Yesterday, was another way that I may offer jigs at times. Offer a Pre-Sale on a specific pattern. Some patterns take a specific set up and are easier to do all at once. This pattern is one of those. It takes rhythm and timing to pull it off with consistency….. especially on tungsten. I’ll see how it goes overall and decide if I will do something like this again. Initially I’d say yes. It’s going well but I also have a 5 day weekend to produce them all this time.

09/02/2026

Apocalypse is LIVE!

Link in the Comments!

08/31/2026

PRE-SALE ANNOUNCEMENT!

APOCALYPSE Tungsten Teardrop and Moon Pre-Sales will start Wednesday Sept 2 @ 1pm CST on the 8mybait.com website. This will be for the APOCALYPSE pattern only. This is NOT for Glass Fry!

I will offer the following Options:

TUNGSTEN TEARDROP
4mm with size 12 or 10 hook $6.49 each.
5mm with size 12 or 10 hook $6.49 each.
7MM with long shank size 8 hook $7.95 each.

TUNGSTEN MOON
4mm with size 10 hook $6.49 each.

I will not be limiting the quantities you can purchase but I will be limiting the quantity I will be making. Once the PRE-SALE quantities sell out they will be unavailable until I decide to make more.

In the picture you can see I’ve added the GLOW DOTS. If you are purchasing for a collection only, I’d recommend the larger 7mm jig as it’s a larger canvas and is easier to view.

I will remind everyone and post again when they go live.

Monday Fun Day!

08/30/2026

WAIT!

You didn’t think I’d skip doing some APOCALYPSE Glass Fry did you?

I’ll be working on more Glass Fry while I’m doing all this Apocalypse stuff over the next 2-3 weeks. I’ll see how it goes. I’m not sure how many Apocalypse Glass Fry will be silent dropped on the website. The majority will go to completing the Glass Fry Waiting List. I’m getting low on my Glass Fly Round Bend base jigs again. I’ve been having them made a thousand at a time in hopes to transition to the Tungsten versions. I have more on order but not sure how soon they will arrive. I have plenty of things started to keep me busy for a while.

Look for Pre-Sales to go up late next week for Tungsten Teardrop and Moons in the APOCALYPSE pattern. I’ll have more news as I get closer. I will offer the day and time that they will go live. I will cap the amount available as my main focus will be Glass Fry. I don’t want to get a months worth of teardrops and moons to try and get through with the approaching season. I will offer 4mm, 5mm and 7mm teardrops and a 4mm moon. I will not limit purchases just the quantity that will be available. Thinking about doing 200-300 jigs. More will come for the ice season. It’s going to be a busy season for me and I plan to hit it as hard as I can.

Have a great Sunday!

08/29/2026

Apocalypse!

I got a lot of feedback and excitement from yesterdays post. I figured I’d do a follow up post answering a lot of the questions I received.

1. Will you be doing anything besides Glass Fry?
Yes. I’ve been focusing on Glass Fry in an attempt to get through and close the existing Waiting List. I will offer many of my Tungsten Tear Drop and Moons again later this year.

2. When will they be available?
I’m not sure yet. I haven’t decided if I will do a big ICE KICKOFF this year or just keep putting things up in batches. Follow the page for the latest info on upcoming releases.

3. What sizes will you offer for the Apocalypse?
I plan to offer 7mm, 5mm and 4mm Teardrop and 4mm Moons.

4. Will there be a Waiting List?
No. I may do a pre-order specifically for the Apocalypse Tungsten Teardrops and Moons. I haven’t decided yet. I kind of want to do pre-orders so I can have a better idea of sizes and quantities to make. I will post if I’m going to offer a Pre-Order and when.

5. Do these glow?
No, not as pictured. This is NOT the final product. I plan to add a few small glow dots on the bottom side of the jig for you Glow folks.

I hope that answers a lot of questions. If you have other questions feel free to message me or post in the comments.

Have a great weekend!

08/28/2026

Should the Apocalypse come to TUNGSTEN?

08/27/2026

Eyes on!

Had to work an over last night…. Love those 3 am nights.😩 Got about 5 hours of sleep. After I walked Copper I decided to put some eyes on the Antifreeze Tigers. After that I packed a few Waiting List orders. I will send more messages out tonight or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. After tomorrow’s messages we should be back to new territory on the list. I’ll continue to ship Waiting List orders the rest of the week and into next week.

I plan to continue working on the Antifreeze Tigers this weekend and some next week. We have a lot of overtime creeping in next week so I might be a bit spotty. Just a heads up.

About all for now. Gotta do some things before work.

08/25/2026

Waiting List continued….

We made it back from the Cincinnati trip Sunday evening. It was a good trip. My kid got to see big city life. Homeless people passed out. Guys taking a leak in the alleyway. Crackhead tripping out trying to hold up a fence that was fine. Oh, the smell of w**d everywhere we went. It’s good to be home.

Yesterday, I sent out more messages to people on the Waiting List. I sent out more this morning. We aren’t far off from getting to more new names on the list. I really can’t wait to be done with this…..

I have been catching up on things around the house. I hope to get back to jigs in the next day or two. I expect to have to work over tonight. Tomorrow will be a sleep in day. I may just ship things and send more messages out.

That’s about it for now.

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Walford, IA
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http://www.8mybait.com/

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