Polarized Glasses

Keep your Bill Dance "specials" - I've used them for years with good success! Spend your savings on a good rod or reel!

I have the Strike King Wal-Mart specials as well. I really like the way the work/look/feel, but the shiny coating on the lenses always rubs off. Plus they get scratched easily. I also got another pair of Berkley's from Wal-Mart that are similar and I think they are constructed a little better. I can't find the Strike Kings that I bought there before either.

Ok I'll be the one to say, cheap glasses are no comparison to quality glasses. If you have ever worn them you would know. Plastic is no match for glass. Photochromatic are light-sensitive and grow lighter or darker as lighting conditions change. Some photochromic lenses will even react to changes in temperature as well as lighting variations making your underwater visibility much better.

As for color:
Rose lenses are probably the best but least used . Rose effectively filter light and improve contrast (much like a `haze' filter on a camera). Many people consider rose-colored lenses to be the easiest on their eyes over a long period of time.

Second choice would be Amber.

Now with that said, If you are rough on gear or just want something to get by, cheepies are the way to go.
If you want a serious sunglass that will open the whole underwater scene then buy quality lenses.

I wear good glasses- no contest. However I carry over from my skateboarding days & wear anarchy's. I got a pair of olive green ones to try about a year ago & they're the best glasses I've ever had for seeing in any kind of water. Before my fav. was brown.

OK, so I tell my wife the guys on the discussion board say I need better fishing glasses.  She says "go buy them".  I tell her (and show her) how much they are and she said "Go buy them".  It's not like you won't get your money's worth."
Now, I'm not sure who took my wife and dropped this nice lady at my home, but I just might have to go to Bass Pro on lunch break tomorrow and have a look.
Not sure I can afford the glass lenses, so anyone think I'm ok with Costa Del Mar with their plastic lenses or is that a waste?
Thanks again.

As hot tuna menitioned!  don"t waste the money on plastic lens!  Go for the glass!  You'll spend more now but appreciate it alot more later on!  Just my opinion! Good Luck

As other's have mentioned here, glass is the way to go. I have used both plastic and glass lenses. But gotta tell ya', after 8-10 hours on the water looking thru plastic, with your eyes being strained, your head feels like it's gonna fall off. Really makes you tired at the end of the day.
 
Not half as bad looking thru good glass optic's though, really worth the money if you can do it. I've seen some good deals out there for around 100.00 bucks or so. I use amber always, may try the rose coloredif I get a chance, though.
 
See ya on the River,
 
Tight Lines,
 
Old Salt

try these- they rock!
http://www.hobiepolarized.com/eyewear.aspx

Oh great, now I need to drop a c note on sunglasses I been lyin to myself for a year that those pricey shades are just a gimmick Howm I gonn splain this one away???

Nice to see someone cut through all the BS and make sense in a short paragraph.  Nice job!

Eagle Ed

ORIGINAL: dimebrite

 i wear native, and yes they are expensive, and to me, yes they are worth it.  i really don't sight fish, but i like cutting the glare off the water,  and let's face it,  when you're looking where to fish, it is helpful to see them moving.  i don't think expensive sun glasses are necessary, but i prefer them.  same for equipment,  i have sage and loomis rods. they are great, but i have some cheap 50 dollar specials that i can go down and hook just as many fish on. it's all a matter of what you like.  but a better rod and better glasses will not hook you more fish. being able to read water, being able to be diverse and change with the flow and mother nature will make you a better fishermen. and if you put your time in, you will hook you more fish