StickTite Stick-On Reading Lenses Bi Focal
Great addition to your polarised sunglasses to aid threading a fly on and doing knots. Great value, these stick on lenses are the best we've come across.
If you've ever stood in a river squinting at a size 18 tippet trying to thread it through a hook eye, you know exactly why these exist. Stick-Tite lenses turn your polarised sunglasses into instant bifocals, no prescription sunnies required.
Just the bottom half of your lens gets the magnification, so you still get full polarisation and glare cutting power for spotting fish, but when you drop your eyes to tie on a fly or check a knot, everything's suddenly in focus.
Available in 28mm, + 2, + 2.5 and + 3 Magnification
Why flyfishers need these
Tying on flies streamside is one of the most fiddly parts of the sport, and it only gets harder as your eyes age. Rather than carrying a separate pair of readers or fumbling with your sunnies pushed up on your head, Stick-Tite lenses give you both distance and close up vision in the one pair of glasses.
They're not just for sunglasses either. Stick them onto safety glasses in the tying room, ski or cycling goggles, or any eyewear you rely on where swapping glasses isn't practical.
How they work
- Peel the lens from the packaging
- Wet it with water or lens cleaning solution
- Press it onto the inside of your lens, over the lower portion
- That's it, ready to fish
No glue and no adhesive residue. The patented adhesion technology means they stick on their own, and you can peel them off and reuse them on a different pair of glasses whenever you like.
Features
- 28mm lens size, fits most sunglasses and eyewear
- Available in + 2, + 2.5 and + 3 strengths
- Thin, flexible and virtually invisible once applied
- No adhesive, no residue, fully reusable
- Works on sunglasses, safety glasses, goggles and more
StickTite lenses are manufactured from a patented polymer material with an organic plasticizer that delivers superior natural adhesion to lens substrates without the use of chemical adhesives. The lenses are 40% thinner than Hydrotac and are made from a more flexible material, which allows them to naturally flex to conform to lens surfaces that can range from completely flat to highly curved. In contrast, Hydrotac lenses, being thicker and more stiff, are molded with a built-in curvature, which can result in them adhering poorly or becoming dislodged when used with flat or highly curved substrate lenses. In spite of being 40% thinner, StickTite lenses provide precise optical correction uniformly across the entire lens surface.
Our take
Simple idea, done well. If you wear reading glasses at home but haven't found a way to bring that magnification onto the water, this solves it without spending up on prescription polarised sunglasses. Pick the strength that matches your current readers and you'll be tying on flies without holding your arms out at full stretch.