Well, it had to happen...
I was none too pleased, when, twenty years ago an eye doctor had
indicated to me that all folks eventually need glasses.. reading
glasses type of thing...
I have always been pleased with my good eyesight, distant, and up
close both.... Two tools an artist worries about : his eyes and his
hands....
I haven't been having much luck with either as of late, having
stabbing myself in the wrist last fall, half of my left hand remains
clumsy, inept , hypersensitive to cold, and numb.... But I still
consider (or remind myself) myself to be lucky on that one....
At least I draw with my right hand.... but tying flies and
terminal tackle has taken on a whole new flavor....
Now, seemingly overnight (but not likely), the other has happened...
things like flies, hooks, tying materials, and text in the 0-2' range
are out of focus.... 15 minutes trying to poke a tippet end into a
hook eye is enough to make a person relinquish themselves to the
inevitable.....
It a curse..... any drug store magnifiers help up close, but give
me an instant headache when I look up....
And the stream side thing... I need to resolve that.... I need to be
able to see close up (problem area) and far away, have it Polarized and
tinted (as in sunglasses)
question one:
Are there glasses available that include the following features
(all together):
bifocal, but transitional glass (no abrupt line of
demarcation)
Polarized sunglasses (of the high quality variety like
Corning Serengettis, Nikons, etc...)
Photogrey..... ability to lighten and darken as conditions
warrant.
In reality, looking good is secondary.... they are for
fishing, and I'll even do the "buddy Holly" route if need be... :^)
question two:
anybody tried these, and what are the pros and cons involved?:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jhtml?id=0011680711487a&navAction=jump&navCount=2&indexId=cat130011&podId=0011680&catalogCode=IC&parentId=cat130011&parentType=index
please excuse the line breaks in this URL if they occur... its a
long one....
question three....
does anybody know who might carry those little flip down
magnifiers that attach to the bridge of standard glasses (sunglasses),
which flip up and out of the way for anything by the close up vision
stuff?
thanks from someone turning another corner down the long road...
Stephen
