Sum Ting Wong wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:38:24 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


Yes. Choose wisely........choose a color you like.


Wolfie, that was a serious question. Some colors are supposed to be
better for seeing into the water. Do you have any practical
experience with polarized lenses or do you just have too much time on
your hands?

S.T.W.


It depends on environment you'll be fishing. Brown / Light brown seems
to be best for stripers on the flats, in my experience. I do see folks
with dark black glasses though, so perhaps Wolfgang's more right than
you think.

For trout fishing I've never felt the need for polarizing glasses. On my
rivers (usu. freestone, tannin stained) the fish rise from nowhere and
vanish in an instant. I've sat still for hours to watch a fish rise and
no matter how hard you try to follow their downward path, they always
vanish into the depths whence they came. At the Secret Spot I've seen
the pool come alive with rising fish. Maybe 20, 30 fish working. But
when it's all over, you could not spot one of them. Sometimes you can
get a clue from the flash of a nymphing fish, or a silhouette against a
sandy bar, but this is not so common, and really doesn't require a
special lense color to maximize it anyway.

However on the flats, forgetting you polarizing glasses is like
forgetting your rod and means it's time to go find something else to do
that day. If that's your poison I'd try out a few colors until you're
happy, if you can.

HTH,

Gary