Fishing glasses

I just finished having my eyes fixed -- cataracts removed and implants
installed. I now have 20/20 up to about five feet away, progressing
to blurriness up to my nose.

I LOVE IT

Now, to the questions.
Up to now, I used (very dark) prescription progressive polaroids and
simply dropped them off to tie on the #24's to 7X, as I could see
almost the end of my nose in focus.

Obviously, I will now have to use some other method(s). I would like
some opinions on the following to help me adjust, if you would please
deign to let me profit from your experiences.

1. How do the polaroid glasses (PG) with the little +X diopter "tits"
on the bottom work out?
2. How 'bout those little plastic cold weld diopter thingies, about
the size of a dime) that stick on to the inside bottom of the PG's?
3. Are those flip down jeweler magnifier do-dads that clip to the hat
brim worth the bother?
4. In buying fishing PG's (and maybe for general purposes) I plan to
get quality glass optics, but DARK, as I have always had light
sensitivity, with side shields, brow shields, etc, but how 'bout the
very light plastic PG's for low light conditions but still get the
polaroid effect on water surface?

I will require about +3.5 to do the close-up work, and do not want to
have to juggle another pair of speks out in the crik.

Any help you can give or experiences with making the transition would
be of great help. Thank you all in advance.

cheers

oz, who can now appreciate his new LCD HD TV

"MajorOz" wrote


I LOVE IT


COOL!


I've tried everything and have ended up with Prescription BiFocal 'Roids

AND

cheater glasses kept in a case tied to my person so that I only lose a few
pair each year

I can do most things with the bifocals, but really fine stuff requires both
more magnification and more light than they allow so I drop them onto their
neck strap and pull out the cheaters ... letting my pupils adjust to the
light for a few seconds ... not as good as being young, but, it works for me
G


if you are going to try a hat brim deal get the Hat Eyes ... more pricey
than others but way better since the distance from your eyes to lens is
adjustable and the lens come in a variety of powers and are of good quality
.... these are exactly the same as used in the Mag Eyes many of us use for
tying

On Jan 22, 10:49*pm, MajorOz wrote:
Obviously, I will now have to use some other method(s). *I would like
some opinions on the following to help me adjust, if you would please
deign to let me profit from your experiences.

I'm a big fan of the little magnifiers that clip onto the brim of a
baseball cap. They flip up when you don't need 'em, and don't require
you to take off your polaroids when you need to see close up.

Joe F.

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:49:01 -0800 (PST), MajorOz
wrote:

I just finished having my eyes fixed -- cataracts removed and implants
installed. I now have 20/20 up to about five feet away, progressing
to blurriness up to my nose.

I LOVE IT

Now, to the questions.
Up to now, I used (very dark) prescription progressive polaroids and
simply dropped them off to tie on the #24's to 7X, as I could see
almost the end of my nose in focus.

Me too! Ain't it grand. I still need prescription (progressive)
glasses to read my speedometer, and things up close.

Obviously, I will now have to use some other method(s). I would like
some opinions on the following to help me adjust, if you would please
deign to let me profit from your experiences.

1. How do the polaroid glasses (PG) with the little +X diopter "tits"
on the bottom work out?

I have a pair sold by Orvis. They are very sturdy and work very well.
I have no problem tying on a fly or making knots.

2. How 'bout those little plastic cold weld diopter thingies, about
the size of a dime) that stick on to the inside bottom of the PG's?
3. Are those flip down jeweler magnifier do-dads that clip to the hat
brim worth the bother?

I "graduated" from them after my cataract surgery. I had prescription
sun glasses, but needed the flip downs to tie a knot, tie on a fly,
etc.

Dave


4. In buying fishing PG's (and maybe for general purposes) I plan to
get quality glass optics, but DARK, as I have always had light
sensitivity, with side shields, brow shields, etc, but how 'bout the
very light plastic PG's for low light conditions but still get the
polaroid effect on water surface?

I will require about +3.5 to do the close-up work, and do not want to
have to juggle another pair of speks out in the crik.

Any help you can give or experiences with making the transition would
be of great help. Thank you all in advance.

cheers

oz, who can now appreciate his new LCD HD TV

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:49:01 -0800 (PST), MajorOz
wrote:

I just finished having my eyes fixed -- cataracts removed and implants
installed. I now have 20/20 up to about five feet away, progressing
to blurriness up to my nose.

I LOVE IT

Now, to the questions.
Up to now, I used (very dark) prescription progressive polaroids and
simply dropped them off to tie on the #24's to 7X, as I could see
almost the end of my nose in focus.

Obviously, I will now have to use some other method(s). I would like
some opinions on the following to help me adjust, if you would please
deign to let me profit from your experiences.

1. How do the polaroid glasses (PG) with the little +X diopter "tits"
on the bottom work out?
2. How 'bout those little plastic cold weld diopter thingies, about
the size of a dime) that stick on to the inside bottom of the PG's?
3. Are those flip down jeweler magnifier do-dads that clip to the hat
brim worth the bother?
4. In buying fishing PG's (and maybe for general purposes) I plan to
get quality glass optics, but DARK, as I have always had light
sensitivity, with side shields, brow shields, etc, but how 'bout the
very light plastic PG's for low light conditions but still get the
polaroid effect on water surface?

I will require about +3.5 to do the close-up work, and do not want to
have to juggle another pair of speks out in the crik.

Any help you can give or experiences with making the transition would
be of great help. Thank you all in advance.

cheers

oz, who can now appreciate his new LCD HD TV

I don't use/need "cheaters," but I have a friend who does and about 8-9
months ago, he got a pair of Costas (Costa Del Mars) that have them
built-in. I have a pair of the interchangeable-lens Costas and
supposedly, you can buy them with or without the "bifocals." His are
fixed-lens, however. I've also heard that you must buy the "regular"
lens version of the interchangables and then get the bifocal lenses as
additional lenses, but ??? I'd say check with Costa Del Mar if you are
interested in them.

IAC, I highly recommend Costas - while pricey (even a little bit
over-priced), they are among the best all-around "sunglasses" I've used
for on-water and general on-land usage, and I've owned and used about
every major brand of sporting "sunglasses" out there made in the last 70
years (I still have a pair of my grandfather's "real" Ray-Ban gold
frames and a pair of my father's "real" "Wayfarers").

TC,
R

MajorOz a écrit :
I just finished having my eyes fixed -- cataracts removed and implants
installed. I now have 20/20 up to about five feet away, progressing
to blurriness up to my nose.

I LOVE IT


Good for you.

I use a second pair of reading glasses tied on a string around my neck.
I have prescription glasses for my myopia and need reading glass (1.0
diopter). My prescription glass are only good to about 14 inches, closer
and trouble starts and with fine tippet or size 20 flies, forget they
don't even register. So, I bought a cheap pair of 2.5 diopter and use
them to tie flies at the bench and to tie fly to the line on the stream.

A cheap and efficient solution. ;-)

--
Hope to read you soon,

Denis
www.uqtr.ca/~lamyd

You'll have to eat the SPAM to E-mail

It's only the morning after and all the good information !

Thanx, guys.

Didn't know there were so many OTHER old McGoo's out there.

cheers, and see you on the water

oz, relearning the use of an astronomical telescope

Hat Eyes, hands down. I've used a lot of differing solutions and the
Hat Eyes have beat everything else.
Frank Reid

MajorOz wrote:
I just finished having my eyes fixed -- cataracts removed and implants
installed. I now have 20/20 up to about five feet away, progressing
to blurriness up to my nose.

I LOVE IT

First off: many contgrats on your new eyes. I know somewhat of what you
are feeling. When I had laser surgery on my eyes back in 2001 I went
from off the charts myopic to 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other.
It was like a whole new world. I even came out of fly fishing retirement
because I could see my fly again.

Next, let me just second what Joe said. I really like the magnifiers
that attach the the brim of your hat. You just flip them down when you
need them and flip them up out of the way when you don't.

HTH,

Russell

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MajorOz writes

Obviously, I will now have to use some other method(s). I would like
some opinions on the following to help me adjust, if you would please
deign to let me profit from your experiences.

1. How do the polaroid glasses (PG) with the little +X diopter "tits"
on the bottom work out?

I have a pair of "Fishing" glasses that have Polaroid flip up lenses.
The main clear lens of the glasses is plain glass/plastic(?) and at the
bottom is a semicircular magnifying sector.

I have to wear glasses to tie on flies, but can just about manage
without distance glasses. These glasses are fine. They save having to
swap glasses each time I want to tie on a fly.

have a look at:

http://www.graigroad.demon.co.uk/saturday.htm

Scroll down to see a picture of me in a boat with the Polaroid's in
flipped up position.


--
Bill Grey