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Fish spotting glasses

Yep, been wearing them all day and am very pleased with them (prescription glasses, with polarized lenses at an additional cost).
 
John, you also need to get someone on here to recommend the best colour of lens as well. I believe the brown/copper ones may be the best but as I'm partially colour blind, others will be in a better position to confirm this.

I wear varifocal prescription sunglasses with polarised lenses from ASDA and have been happy with them.
 
Fortis vista best I've used brought a pair last week not cheap but well worth the £75
 
Anthony Pearson said:
John, you also need to get someone on here to recommend the best colour of lens as well. I believe the brown/copper ones may be the best but as I'm partially colour blind, others will be in a better position to confirm this.

I wear varifocal prescription sunglasses with polarised lenses from ASDA and have been happy with them.
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if you don't mind me asking how much did you pay for them? - mine are single focal for my short-sightedness which means they are ok for spotting fish and watching floats but no good for anything close

i got mine from vision express, the varifocals were too much when all the extras were added but they were very good when the frames broke after 9 months
 
Yes,previously spoke to Chris Cheshire(optician on here) and he said a brown lense is best for seeing through water.Just wanted to know if there were recommendations for the specsavers brown lens before maybe buying a more expensive lens. Fishing on the Trent yesterday and was put on a couple of swims with fish in that I couldn't see, by a member using a decent pair of glasses, so will be a worthwhile purchase.
Regards John
 
Dave, they were excellent until I put them into the washing machine just before the start of the season! I've decided to go for a medium cost frame replacement and all told it cost £129 for the ones I'm now waiting for. You do get a choice of colours and that includes the price of polarised varifocal lenses.
 
I wear Bifocals and use clip ons over. Dread to think what Polarised varifocals would cost.
I Got some genuine Polaroid clip ons for about £12, they've been very good although the colour is not the best for spotting fish. They went missing recently so I got a set of three from China, Polarised and including a brown colour. Delivered for less than a fiver. Haven't used them for fish spotting yet and they are a bit smaller than the genuine article but for that sort of money it's worth a punt. They seem to show up stress marks in windscreens exactly the same as the Polaroids and I used them on a floatfishing session the other evening ok, so I expect they'll be fine.
They cover my medium sized glasses, just.
Ha ha, they're now down to £2.88
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LAXIFOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If I don't get on with them I'll seek out another pair of Polaroids in brown.
The big advantage of the clip ons is that they can be flipped up for tying on hooks etc.
 
I've got prescription Bifocal glasses, with polarised lenses. from Spec Savers.(2 for £49 plus an extra £50 for the polarising on one pair) They only colour they do is Brown. They are good but found myself wearing the normal ones with a pair of polarised clip on. More convenient and save me carrying around 2 pairs of glasses. Save yourself the money and buy clip on unless you do like carrying around two pairs.
 
Sunnies

Anthony Pearson said:
Dave, they were excellent until I put them into the washing machine just before the start of the season! I've decided to go for a medium cost frame replacement and all told it cost £129 for the ones I'm now waiting for. You do get a choice of colours and that includes the price of polarised varifocal lenses.
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That seems pretty good to me. I know the quality of varifocals can, well, vary a lot but you wouldnt be using them for near that much

I do have some clip ons which work fine when I'm fishing but the Mrs won't have me wearing them on holiday, I can't think I why
 
Specsavers do more than one type of polarized lenses. I had them fit Drivewear polarized lenses (polarized and light reactive) into my own frames. Anything but cheap, but I'd have them again.
 
Dave, have a read of this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...s-cut-price-glasses-prescription-trouble.html

There was a 2 for 1 offer or something similar when I originally purchased mine, so the sunglasses were the second pair. The others I wear all the time and as the review states, the quality is better than the price suggests.

There's a follow-up article related to perceived overcharging by some providers:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-saying-elderly-charged-144-million-year.html
 
Good thread, I have Specsavers prescription varifocals with polarised lenses, unfortunately they are grey tint so I tend to use my everyday varifocals with brown tinted polarising overglasses for fish spotting. I am due another eye test in a couple of months and will check out ASDA for new glasses.
 
Sunnies

Anthony Pearson said:
Dave, have a read of this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...s-cut-price-glasses-prescription-trouble.html

There was a 2 for 1 offer or something similar when I originally purchased mine, so the sunglasses were the second pair. The others I wear all the time and as the review states, the quality is better than the price suggests.

There's a follow-up article related to perceived overcharging by some providers:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-saying-elderly-charged-144-million-year.html
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Haha! I did look that exact article up when I first looked at the thread but got sidetracked by the pics at the side and then had to do something else

I don't suppose asda do fidget spinners as well?
 
Another vote for Asda opticians amazing prices
 
Chris Jones said:
Specsavers do more than one type of polarized lenses. I had them fit Drivewear polarized lenses (polarized and light reactive) into my own frames. Anything but cheap, but I'd have them again.
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I've got the Drivewear lenses from Specsavers too. Expensive (I wear varifocals) but they are excellent and well worth the money.


Dave
 
John,
All my fishing through the summer months right through to late October is visual barbel fishing on the Hampshire Avon. I have been using prescription Polaroids from Specsavers for at least 10 years.
No doubt there are others that are as good and some here will recommend others are better but the answer to your question is without a doubt, yes.
As for lens colour then that will all depend on light levels.
As always the best spotting conditions for seeing fish feeding on the bottom are when the sun is high in the clear blue sky and no light glare coming off the waters surface.
In these conditions amber lenses are the best choice of colour.
When the Avon is at its clearest, generally in August and September I can see what's going on in ten foot plus of water.
Obviously if you are fishing more that a couple of rod lengths out it becomes more difficult to see in.
Standing on a bridge or high bank is always best.
I can remember a few years ago one angler on the Royalty fishery was taking 'step ladders' onto the water to aid him...... Lol!
I believe he got reprimanded
I would highly recommend Specsavers
ATB John.
 
I got my prescription varifocals from Specsavers two years ago. They were offering two pair of glasses for the price of one. Unfortunately it didn't include Polaroids. Cost me best part of £100.
Problem I find is that the bank looks higher from the river than they are and steps down to the river appear deeper. Once I got used to them it was fine.
 
Ive got two sets from Optilabs. You will find cheaper, but I doubt better quality. Most game, fly fishers know about them. My fist pair over 15 years ago were over £150, my recent £200. They are prescriptions however, and have a range of frames. I have, grey and brown. The grey are great for bright light, the brown for less bright days.
They really last too, mine have a curved frame with leather blinkers on the side to stop light penetrating into the sides. In may humble view the very best FISHING sun glasses you can buy.
 
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