Many anglers don’t realize the importance of polarized glasses to fishing. If you’ve never had the opportunity to wear a quality pair of polarized glasses while fishing, you need to put this on the top of your “things to try” list. I realize that bass fishermen have known of the wonders of polarized glasses for fishing for years, because of fishing for bass on spawning beds, but polarized glasses are also wonderful for river and stream anglers. Wading in rivers and streams is my forte, and my polarized glasses are an important part of my fishing gear. Not only do they enable me to see fish, they also enable me to see underwater debris that may cause me problems from a hooked fish. Hooked fish (especially large trout) love to take off for the closest piece of underwater debris!

For quite a few years I was a cheap skate and wouldn’t spend more than $25 on a pair of sunglasses, no matter what I was using them for. During that time I never really liked polarized glasses and had no idea why. As a matter of fact, I would wear regular glasses, because I never cared for my polarized ones. Then I borrowed my friend’s polarized glasses one day. They were incredible! I couldn’t believe how comfortable they were, and the clarity with which I could see into the water was amazing!

I asked him how much these great glasses were and he told me 150 bucks! I almost fell over! I just couldn’t see myself spending that kind of money on a pair of glasses. The next week I went fishing, and couldn’t help but think about those awesome glasses. Once I fished without them, after having used them, I wanted some. So I started looking, and found a quality pair for 125 bucks and bought them. I’ve had those polarized glasses ever since, and won’t go fishing without them. That was 6 years ago.

I realized the other day that if I amortize the cost of my $125 polarized glasses, they only cost me about $22 a year! The quality glasses actually cost me less than the cheap polarized glasses that I used to buy. This was quite a realization top a world-class cheap skate like myself. I never realized that if I spent that kind of money it meant that I would take that much better care of my glasses. Who knew? The point is that as far as polarized glasses are concerned, what your mother told you is absolutely true: You get what you pay for.

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana! Quality Polarized Glasses!!!: http://www.jrwfishing.com/sunglasses.html Become A Better Angler and get $10 For Your Trouble… - http://www.jrwfishing.com/signup.asp