I wear spectacles, and I find that it's often annoying when trying to fish. I have fish splash and put drops of water on my spectacles, and I have them fog up when it's muggy outside.

 

I deal with the water drops by either ignoring them or wiping them with my shirt, and thus smearing my lenses.

 

I deal with the fog by either taking my spectacles off and being blind or by using Zeiss anti-fog spray, when I remember it.

 

Anyone else have spectacle issues whilest fishing?

Yep I switch out for my Costas until I have to tie a knot then I put my bifocals back on while tying. lol

Better than dealing with a monocle.

 

I wear spectacles myself now. 

Don't wear my everyday lenses on the boat as I have 'readers' in all my sunglasses.

Could not fish without them.

Even the ones for driving.

https://onos.com/

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A-Jay

I keep my “last prescription” glasses in my pfd. I wear my costas while fishing and grab the specs when I need to tie a knot.

Full time wearer, even my Costas are prescription bifocal. I keep Zeiss wipes on hand for cleaning and fog. Usually if a fish splashes me, I'll just tap them on my forearm and most of the water will slip/slide off.

I wear prescription Oakleys, I hit them with “Cat Crap” anti fog every couple of weeks with good results. 

I wear prescription Costas.  I put up with the splashes and drips until I get back to the truck.  Then I pull out a wipe and clean them.

Gotta have my prescription polarized glasses.

Can't imagine fishing without them.

In dense fog or light rain I simply wipe off with shirt occasionally.

For those who don't want to go to expensive Rx sunglasses KK makes a pair of fit over polarized sunglasses called the Molino. Reviews are very good.

I wear Warby Parker prescription sunglasses, they have gone up a bit in price since purchase so can't still call them "cheap", but they're pretty smudge resistant and really only fog up on the initial change leaving an AC'd building/vehicle and entering the humidity. I wipe them down with an old microfiber cloth and get to fishing.

14 hours ago, Bazoo said:

I wear spectacles, and I find that it's often annoying when trying to fish. I have fish splash and put drops of water on my spectacles, and I have them fog up when it's muggy outside.

 

I deal with the water drops by either ignoring them or wiping them with my shirt, and thus smearing my lenses.

 

I deal with the fog by either taking my spectacles off and being blind or by using Zeiss anti-fog spray, when I remember it.

 

Anyone else have spectacle issues whilest fishing?

 

Sounds like you are new to eyeglasses.  I find just about everything else that I do more problematic, dirtying my glasses, than fishing.

 

 

13 hours ago, A-Jay said:

I wear spectacles myself now. 

Don't wear my everyday lenses on the boat as I have 'readers' in all my sunglasses.

Could not fish without them.

Even the ones for driving.

https://onos.com/

😎

A-Jay

I have worn Onos for eight years . I Can not survive without them either! 

I've made quite a spectacle of myself getting out of my kayak after sitting in it for 6 hrs 

Being a glasses wearer for over 60 years, fresh water ain't too bad.

Saltwater though is a royal pia, worse I think was bringing up a Cow Nose ray, when them wings got to flappin I was drenched in saltwater.

Wear my Costas or WileyX when fishing. Reading glasses always there for tying knots. I was fortunate enough to have lasik done approximately 15 years ago so no need for glasses all the time. I couldn’t stand the fogging up no matter what I was doing. I keep lenses cleaner and cloth for the sunglasses and the screens in the boat.

My costas are prescription, but it’s an old prescription. I’m in progressives, so bifocal/reader sunglasses don’t work great for me. I don’t work, and have no vision insurance (besides the VA), and it’s often times cheaper to buy a whole new pair, than just replacement lenses. However, I can’t get new lenses because I keep giving my money to the bait monkey. If you don’t have anything to fish with, no need for the glasses, right? So, I’m just making sure I still have something to fish with. Seeing is secondary to that.

19 minutes ago, Smirak said:

Seeing is secondary to that.

I'm in tri-focals and no way could I afford prescription sunglasses - Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid are all I've got.

 

I do get my main glasses free - though I'm restricted in frame styles...so I went with these.

MEETSUN Fit Over Glasses Sunglasses

 

Fit over my glasses, with side shields, mirrored fronts and come in a variety of lens colors - I have green, gray and amber. They work well, and are fairly stylish.

 

5 hours ago, Bryon Shepherd said:

I have worn Onos for eight years . I Can not survive without them either! 

 

Same pair?  

I loved my Onos readers, but never got much more than a year out of a pair.  Switched to Costas last year.  The Onos always got 'pitting' on the inside surface.  No idea why.  Used warranty a couple times and talked to cust svc about it.  Only used the anti-fog stuff they recommended.  The Costa lenses are better, but the reader portion is too small, IMO.  The Onos reader are is perfect.  Wish the lenses lasted better for me.

Contact lenses would be a temporary solution.

 

But corrective laser surgery is the permanent solution. I had it done way back in 2006. One of the best health decisions I’ve ever made.

 

Highly recommend it

I tried contacts, but there isn’t a true progressive contact. One eye is near and the other distance. Eventually your eyes adjust is what I was told. I couldn’t do it. I usually pay out of pocket every 2 yrs for my actual glasses because they are critical to me beigg n able to function. I usually let the VA give me a pair that I use fishing. This year however, I think I’m going to get them to get me progressives. The frame choices aren’t great (no costas for example), but they do have ray ban and Oakley. I only have to pay the frame price for those, not lens price, so that might be an option I go…

11 hours ago, Bolar said:

 

Sounds like you are new to eyeglasses.  I find just about everything else that I do more problematic, dirtying my glasses, than fishing.

 

 

I've actually worn glasses for about... uhm, 30 years. And I've dealt with the issues associated with them to varying degrees of everything from ignoring the problem to taking them off until I can clean them at a later time.

 

I do carpentry, so sawdust is my biggest issue, but dry sawdust is easily wiped away without smudges.

 

I guess I should have included another detail in my initial post, the problem is not when it's 70 degrees outside, rather, when its 90 and I sweat profusely. My shirt is not available for wiping.

 

I actually just had a thought though, to perhaps carry a wiping cloth with me. So talking about it has given me a new direction to go. Thanks.

Haven’t worn glasses since maybe 5th grade or so, do NOT miss them.

 

Fogging up, constantly being dirty, breaking them, ugh.

 

I wear contacts and use cheaters for things close up. 4x pair for knot tying.

I am near sighted. I can see close up just fine without my spectacles, but I can't see very far without them. I don't know if I prefer it that way, but I can't change it regardless.

I don’t wear my glasses fishing. Just need them driving in the dark. That said I’ve been wearing the same pair of polarized oakleys forever. They are scratched pretty bad so I just ignore the water drops and smudges as best I can lol. 

I've been using a pair of clip on polarized, but one of these days I'll get a pair of prescription polarized.