Hey Tom: Call me and I will come up and lead you around to your favorite pool on the Weber.... Hope all continues to go well. Larry J
>>> "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/29/2008 8:42 PM >>> 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
