Old fishermen w// bad eyes, do you prefer polarized readers or a separate pair of readers?

[downriver79]

It's official, I need readers to fish. I went out to fish the evening hatch one evening last week. I was able to tie on a #16 hackle stacker w/ 5x before I left the house and had good sunlight. After a little bit of fishing w/ not much action, I bit off my fly and was going to switch to a humpy. Light was a little more dim than when I left the house and for the life of me I couldn't thread 5x tippet through a #16 fly. I started noticing this a little bit last summer, but was always able to get it through eventually. No dice this time. I ended up just tying on a #12 wet fly and fishing until the bats ran me off the water.
So, for those of you who need readers for up close, do you prefer sunglasses w/ bifocals, or carrying a separate pair of readers and putting them on only when necessary? Seems like the polarized bifocals would take some getting used to. Any insight or opinions are appreciated.

 

[MELinOre]

I had to use this while camping/fishing this past week to take care of some financial business documents on my smart(dumb) phone.

 

[up2nogood]

I carry readers with me for close work. Tried sunglasses with bifocals but they made me dizzy when watching where my feet were while wading.

I have worn sunglasses with bifocals for years ,and just never noticed anything while wading or walking . Apparently I'm just looking over the bifocals when looking down or whatever . I have to make an effort to look down enough to use the bifocals to tie on a fly . My vision is okay at nearly 78 ,I didn't need prescription glasses before or after having cataract surgery .

I am on about my third or fourth pair of Coyote sunglasses with the bifocals .Not expensive ,and they have I believe three or four different lenses colors ,and styles . They go to 2.5 on the bifocals , which is what I order . Although after getting cataract surgery this year ,it seems I see a bit better up close. My far away vision does not seem any better, although I didn't have any vision problems I noticed ,but my eye exam this year , he said its time we get them out of there , only thing I noticed was colors seem a little brighter ,especially white . No need for anything but bifocals for close up .

 

[Brian Miller]

Thread Drift: My bifocal sunglasses are from Costco (polarized Drivewear), they're not wrap around style so not perfect for on lake bright sunny days. I'm curious about Smith's claim to fame on ChromaPop versus others. But -----

Thread Drift Continued,
I've been using Drivewear for at least 15 years. I tried some wraparound Ray Ban Predator frames (Will Smith, Men in Black)

with my progressive 'scrip and the lens curvature created spherical aberration image distortion like refraction in water that made it maddening to thread a fly. Nothing but larger flat frame lenses for me now.

 

[up2nogood]

Thanks for all the input! Seems like the general consensus is about what I was expecting. They make it easy to tie on a new fly but make everything else weird and difficult. I really like the idea of the magnetic clic glasses, but am having a hard time justifying the $40 price tag when I can get a conventional pair for a couple of bucks at the dollar tree. I think I'll start there. Thanks again everyone!

I bought a pair of clic it's years ago before I retired for work ,computer etc. Left them in my desk otherwise . I can't guess how many pairs of cheap readers I have bought over the years , mostly those three packs from Costco , they fall apart just as fast as the dollar ones . I'm guessing ,but I have spent hundreds on cheap readers in the past 25 years since I needed to see better up close . Finally this summer bought another pair of clic it's with 2.5 lens , forgot how nice they are , I wear them now all day hanging ready to use , unless fishing . Now instead of the cheap ones hanging on my shirt , or in my shirt pocket , falling out , or in my pocket where isn't exactly the best place for glasses .