Jerry, Good to see you post, it has been a long time. You need to come out and fish the White again. I hear Roundhouse Shoals is fishing real good. Tony --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I called Orvis and had them make me a pair of > polarized glass sun glasses > with my distant prescription and the maximum "add" > to the bottom to be able to > see as close up as possible. > I had to write them a letter along with my > prescription explaining that > I wanted to tie a miniscule fly on to an invisible > tippet in failing light > with 60 year old eyes. They work so well, I had a > second pair made. > > 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: &nb! sp; > 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.comHome Page: _http://home! > page.mac .com/tsmd_ (http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd) > Webshots Albums: > _http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav_ > (http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav) > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and > advice on AOL Money & > Finance. > (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
