Fish'n shades, whats your thoughts.

[BR-549]

I'm think'n about buy'n a good pair of sunglasses, for fish'n & everyday wear, the only polarized glasses I've tried were the cheapo wally world shades for a few bucks & I guess they were as good as one could expect, or not so good depending, they seemed to distort things a bit & gave me a head ache after a while, so now I'm curious about a better quality pair.

Ok gents, school me, quality VS bang for the buck & what youve learned.

Thanks in advance.

[holensum]

Well now, I don't know about the rest, but the cheapo's that have distortion also give me a headache. In fact, any eye protection that has the least amount of distortion would give me a headache after about 20 minutes. Before I wore glasses I would spend days looking for a pair of SG that did not have distortion.

Now that I wear glasses full time, bi-focals so I can see to read , I went to the wear overs. Have 2 pair, one for fishing and semi-bright in brown and the other for full sun in black. Pick them up in Walgreen's for about $25 and can wear them all day fishing, playing golf, driving, whatever.

If you wear glasses, check out the wear overs.

[James Smith]

Since I also wear glasses, I use fit overs for fishing, but I have polarized trifocals for driving or walking around outside on sunny days. For fishing I have amber lenses as they seem to work better in a wider variety of lighting/conditions. Smith Optics seems to have a pretty good reputation and you can find some pretty good deals at SierraTradingPost.com

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/s~p...es/?perPage=96

Jim Smith

[maodiver]

I wear prescription sunglasses. My vision ins. makes me pay $25 for the tinting. I make sure that I buy frames with polarized lenses (bolle, etc) and ask to keep the lenses. that way, when I have to buy new frames I have the polarized lenses put into the old frames, and then I have a new pair of Polarized every two years when I get new frames.

[tailingloop]

After using a number of high end glasses, including Smith Action Optics and Oakley, my current favorite glasses and very good bang for buck are Habervision glasses. I prefer the "Nice" frame style and their copper rose photochromatic adjusting lenses are the best all around sunglasses I have used. Habervision does direct sales through their website and you can often get even a better deal with an affinity code that can be found on other websites that Habervision sponsors through advertising. Their various models range from about $80-$120 and they sometimes have specials that you learn about if you subscribe to their email list.


At a lower price (about $50-$80) point I like Guideline glasses for value and at even lower prices ($15-$35) Guideline's Fisherman's Eyewear brand.

I have got some smoking deals for Smith Action Optics glasses on Sierra Tradingpost before too.

I currently have about 15 pairs of sunglasses including glasses from the above noted brands along with some others, including 3 pairs of Action Optics and two pairs of HAbervision. The Habervision with copper/rose lenses are on my head 90% of the time. My second favorite are the Action Optics with photochromatic copper lenses. The others are backups or glasses that are used in certain lighting conditions. I keep a backup in each of my vehicles and in each of my tackle bags. The backups have often been loaned out to a fishing partner who has forgot, lost, or broken their glasses.

[bgreer]

I use two pair of polarized sunglasses for fishing.

One pair is for bright conditions and the other is for low light conditions.
I fish 99% of the time over rocky stream beds. Copper or amber colored sunglasses seem best for this.
When the light is low, copper or amber may be a little dark, so I use a yellow colored lens.

I wear Costas. Both are Zane frames...I have a big noggin. One has the green mirror (copper/amber colored) 580G lenses and the other pair has the Sunrise (yellow) 580P lenses.

[vicrider]

I guess I've just been lucky in that the cheap sunglasses from Wally World fit me fine and have never had a headache problem with "better of the cheaper" if that makes sense. I will check the Habervision tailingloop and give them consideration. I have held off on buying anything of cost because losing them is something I used to do a lot of. Now that I've had the same couple of dark and amber glasses for several years maybe I chance a better quality lense. I do know that the way I flycast I make darn sure I always have glasses on for safety. Being a member of the "Wise Owl Club" (legitimate and have a plaque) who saved an eye with a shattered but intact safety glasses, I take it serious.

[hungNtree]

BR-549 I've been thinking of the exact same thing. Welcome to the board by the way.

hNt

[BR-549]

Thanks for the input & the welcome also, really like'n this place, Jack "wild man" Hise turned me onto it a while back, lots of good stuff on FAOL.

The local fish'n/hunt'n store carries teh Coats line, but I dont think I could drop that kind of cash for a pair, if they actualy worked that much better than a cheaper pair it might make the price doable, I dont have a problem spending money on quality but do have a problem spending hard earned cash for anything that dont perform as it should.

Maybe I'll make a pest of myself at the local trout waters & harrass fisherman untill they let me try out their galsses, at least I'll have an idea of what works & what dont, Jack may have to come & post my bail tho.

[hungNtree]

if they actualy worked that much better than a cheaper pair it might make the price doable, I dont have a problem spending money on quality but do have a problem spending hard earned cash for anything that dont perform as it should.

That's my thoughts exactly!

I made my first fly fishing trip with Jack a few years ago on the Duck. That's a heckuva tale, and I think I can still go to the exact spot where I caught my first bow on a fly. I have often thought about that trip, I caught that rainbow for a few minutes, and it caught me for life. Jack was standing on the bank watching, with a little smile on his face. I'm not sure which one of us was enjoying ourselves the most.

Come to think of it, that rainbow has cost me a small fortune! lol

hNt