This is definitely the way to go. As you age the lens in your eye loses flexibility and you have more difficulty focusing, everybody knows this but what can get you is the fact that your eyes are not identical. When you are younger the flexibility of the lens lets the eyes work together but as you age the inherent differences in your eyes make this more difficult. What does this mean to you?? It means that more than likely the drugstore glasses will only compensate for one eye. The other eye will be slightly out of focus thus making the image a little blurry. Most people will compensate by purchasing higher power glasses which have a focal point much closer to your face and minimize the differences in focal point for your two eyes. What a good optometrist (note I did not say Opthomologist!!) will do is use different magnifications for each eye and get them focusing at the same point again. Do this and not only will you see those flies better you should not get the headaches associated with your eyes constantly straining to focus. Note that I suggest an optometrist rather than an eye doctor. Optometrists specialize in vision correction using lenses and have a better understanding of this facet than the opthamologists who treat eye disease.
Just a suggestion. Mike M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allan Fish Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Geezer Eyesight Solutions? Marcus, >I wear 1.75 strength drugstore reading glasses, and they're good for >everything I do, except fly tying. I just don't get the sharpness I'd >like to have with them. You're on the right track - just go to the drugstore and start trying different glasses while you hold your hands at tying distances. I use 2.25 strength for tying and 2.75 strength for rod-wrapping and that seems to be the best solution. But I have very little astigmatism and can get by this way. For people who have severe astigmatism and wear corrective glasses, some of the flip-focus magnifiers that fit on the bill of base-ball type caps seem to work. The upshot of it is that no one recommendation works for everyone. >Does anybody use those headgear contraptions with lenses on them? What >do you think about their comfort/suitability for tying? I had one and hated it. I gave it to a buddy who loves it. You just have to keep trying everything till you get what works for you. Alternatively, you could ask your eye doctor to make special fly tying glasses for you and you'd be way ahead of the game. Right, Rick? Allan -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
