Pick the Right Safety Glasses When Fly Fishing

Series Summary

Modern fly fishing is centuries old, having begun in North England and Scotland; however, the history of fly fishing be traced back over 1800 years to the now mysterious Astraeus River in the Roman province of Macedonia. In the 2nd Century A.D., Marcus Aelianus described Macedonian fishermen's use of fastening feathers and wool to hooks to attract fish to their lines. Fly fisherman today continue the adventurous yet relaxing sport of fly fishing in some of the most beautiful and tranquil places on earth, casting their flies in waterways of the Colorado Rockies, where all that is heard is the flowing stream and soft breeze in the aspens.

In this free fly fishing instruction guide, get tips on fishing tackle and equipment, including rods, reels & line. Our certified expert fisherman, Jim Dowd, will show you how to get your fly fishing abilities up to speed so that you can start catching some walleye, trout, bass and more. He’ll walk thorough how to protect your most important tool, your fly rod, as well as how to choose a reel and line, what types of waders to use, how to pack your fly fishing equipment bag, and a few other tricks of the trade. Enjoy!

Video Transcript

" Hi, I’m Jim from Zoar Outdoor on behalf of expertvillage.com. In this segment we’re going to be talking about fishing gear and especially fly fishing. In this segment we’re going to talk about fishing and give particular emphasis to fly fishing. But before we get started on that let’s talk about safety, it’s a critical importance that you will always wear a hat and wear glasses. If you wear regular spectacles, that’s fine but occasionally a fly hook can get around the side of the glasses, it happen to me one time, so I advocate using glasses with a side shield just like that. Also if you look at the water here through this glass you’ll see that it changes. These are polarized glasses, and the way you tell that a polarized lens works is if the glare on the surface disappears and you can see into the water. So always wear glasses, polarized glasses are better and it’s that simple. You’ll notice that I’m wearing spectacles too, I have a prescription lens and for those of you with prescriptions and bifocals, a fit over style is really convenient."