This Is Why You Always Wear Sunglasses When Fishing - Warning Graphic Content

[Brian K. Shaffer]

http://thelimpcobra.com/2012/12/08/why-you-should-always-wear-glasses-and-only-use-barbless-hooks/

Be advised.. this is gonna get weird. It's gonna be a little gross.. even puke inducing for some.

THE lesson .. always wear eyewear around hooks. Get your kids some sunglasses.

Get yourself some sunglasses.

Give your neighbor who fishes sometimes.. some sunglasses.

Click the link above ... but be prepared :

(squeamish need not click the link)

[Mitch f]

No shoestring trick here!

[gotmuddy]

my wife's cousin's husband is a guide in calico and three years ago a customer hooked him in the eye. he has lost nearly all vision in the eye.

[ollie]

OK, I don't get bothered by blood or much else when it comes to wounds, but that was just plain SICK! I think you need a stronger warning on that link!

[Al Agnew]

That's one reason I've never gotten Lasik surgery done on my eyes and don't use contact lens...don't want to not have some kind of glasses on all the time when fishing. Of course, it isn't the only reason. I'm afraid of what the surgery would do to my close-up vision, which is still excellent (I do most of my painting without any kind of glasses). But it's nice to always have a modicum of eye protection.

[gotmuddy]

if the sun is up I wear sunglasses, always. My uncle told me a couple decades ago that any time you fish with trebles wear a hat and glasses just in case.

[dennis boatman]

...I,m erring to the side of caution...Hard hat and Safety Goggles from now on for me...

[Jason R.]

Did anyone else laugh a little at the video of the guy hitting himself in the eye while practice casting? Maybe it was just me... those pictures were sick though.

[Mitch f]

That's one reason I've never gotten Lasik surgery done on my eyes and don't use contact lens...don't want to not have some kind of glasses on all the time when fishing. Of course, it isn't the only reason. I'm afraid of what the surgery would do to my close-up vision, which is still excellent (I do most of my painting without any kind of glasses). But it's nice to always have a modicum of eye protection.

In your case I believe you've done the right thing. In my case however the doc told me I was a perfect candidate for only performing LASIK on one eye (mono vision) which allows me to never need to wear glasses at all. One eye is good for close, the other for far away. It takes a few months for your brain to adjust to it but all is well now. I still wear moderate to cheap priced sunglasses (Strike King Optics II) which offer protection and a heck of a good lens for the money.

[RSBreth]

In between this and the weird "eye-licking" video out there - kind of grossed me out for a minute or two. Then I played it again.