sunglasses

[Rusty]

Does anybody have any suggestions for fishing sunglasses? I am looking to buy a pair, and would like to have some input on the topic.

[tippet7]

I have a couple pair. My favorite is the Amber colored lenes. I seem to be able to see through the water much better with those then my gray lenses. check out www.overstock.com for some good prices on polarized glasses. Just make sure you spend a couple dollars more and get the holder so they dont fall in the lake like mine have on more then 1 occasion.

[Roaring River Veteran]

Russ,

I have tried several different pairs of glasses and I too like the amber over the gray. I bought a pair of action optics years ago and still like them very much. definately buy the holder.

[tippet7]

Just found this link good pricing

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/

just go to the sunglasses page

[Guest Jim Traylor]

Action optics are a good brand. I would agree with the comments on the amber color. I've used many of the colors in the fitovers as well as the cacoons. Blocking sun from the side is a must as well. Oh! and don't forget the holders comes in especially handy in the summer when you are sweating

Jimmy T.

[Rusty]

Amber it is. Thanks people.

[tippet7]

Found another site for great deals on sunglasses and some other items I just purchased. I ordered a pair of the Bolle polarized glasses.

Campmor Sunglasses hot deals

[Rusty]

Tippit..I was actually going to buy some Bolle's. I have several pair, but none of the amber colored lens. Did have some of the rose colored for shooting. Gave a new meaning to "looking through rose colored glasses".

[tippet7]

I got these. the picture show gray lenses, but the discription states they are "gold" lenes. so i thought i would give them a shot.

Bollé 800 Swisher Polarized Wrap Sunglasses

Item Number: 81385

[Guest flyfishBDS]

Polarised sunnies, one of my pet topics, growing up on an island where sightfishing reigns supreme. Blind casting or even drifting is considered well down the fly fishing evolutionary scale from seeing a fish first.

The kind of place you will see guys with a $400 pickup and a $300 pair of polaroids

Lenses: glass is better heavier more expensive but more durable. poly is lighter and more prone to scratching.

Color: Go with any of brown/amber, having a hint of yellow in there too can help, better for low light conditions. Consider where you are fishing, flat open water with heaps of light, liek a lake darker browns or even the grays. Dappled stream light like roaring river, you need less of a tint. If you can afford them get 3 pairs (over time), dark one for places like bull, and the lakes, light colored one for streams and a yellow low light pair.

Frames: Leave the pretty boy glasses for the beer garden ont he way home. Get ones which fit your face, no light coming in over the top, the rear or the sides. Get the clerk to take you outside into the sun to check

Headwear: Buy a decent broadbrimmed hat, not the caps, better for skin cancer and spotting fish.

Learn how to use them. Polaroids aren't a magic window, but with practice you can learn how to see fish. Don't look for the whole fish look for things out of place, _ a white mouth opening, moving fin, shadows on the bottom can be a dead giveaway. Once you focus in on the irregularity then the whole fish will often come into view. You are looking for stuff out of the pattern of flow

Get your Polaroids on early and keep them on late, even if you can't see into the water anymore, they will help with depth perception spotting riseforms, bow waves etc.

As you can tell I love sightfishing lol, but I'm still learning all the time. But to be honest I think it probably one of the least understood, practiced and taught skills. I was just lucky enough to grow up in a very tough school and fish with some absolute masters at it

Cheers

Steve