Did you start off near sighted? On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First the good news: The Lasik surgery went great, 24 hours later I > was seeing 20-20 and my eyes don't feel bad at all, other than a > bit of dryness. The right eye sees 20-20 with a slight blur which > bothers me since my right eye is dominate, but the doctor said 20/20 > is exceptional for the day after, and it will take a couple of weeks > for my eyes to really settle in. > > Now the bad news: I knew I would be far sighted, but wasn't prepared > for a world blurred an arm length away in every direction! So I spent > the day buying reading glasses, I have an assortment from 1.25 to > 3.00. I also stopped at a fly shop and spent an hour looking at > various old man vision options. I have settled on the following: > flip up 3.0 magnifiers that clip on my sun glasses, and a nifty > little device that makes a fly stand on its head while the tippet is > slipped neatly through a groove into the eye. In the future, I am > planning to get a fly box that has a holder filled with piano wire > loops on plastic handles (it looks a lot like a bobbin threader). > Each of these can be pre loaded with a dozen or so small flies. To > tie on the fly, simply thread the tippet through the piano wire loop > and pull the fly through. Pretty slick, especially since the fly I > use the most is an 18 or 20 pheasant tail. > > I am now a 1 day expert in this stuff with no field testing, and would > be curious to hear what you other far sighted gents have been using > to help you see and attache a size 20 fly. > > Tom > > My Daughter's Name Art website: www.wishberrie.com > Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd > Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav > > > > >
