Stephen Vaughan, Hobie Eyewear’s senior director for product development, points out that Hobie has a long history of turning out quality polarized fishing sunglasses, noting that the company first introduced polarization technology to the sunglass industry in 1982 and has remained a top option ever since.
“So much of bass-fishing success depends on the quality of the lens tint when you use polarized sunglasses,” explains Vaughan. “It’s the tint that provides the contrast to see deep into the water so you can more easily pick out bass, or submerged structure that you’ll want to avoid so you don’t kill a spot with a loud bang against the hull of your boat. Introducing these two models with a choice of lens tints allows anglers to match their style of angling more precisely. Our Hobie® Sea Green Mirror Lens is copper based with a sea green mirror, which provides a tremendous amount of contrast and sight penetration below the surface. Our Hobie® SightmasterTM Plus Lens, by comparison, has a gold/yellow mirror that makes it ideal for fishing in low light, around dawn and dusk or under heavy cloud cover. While these glasses are great on the water, they are also a superb choice for everyday wear.”
Cherry is sold and ready to head out with a full set of Hobie Eyewear Hank Cherry Champions Collection polarized sunglasses when he attempts to make bassing history at the Classic starting Friday. “I have no doubt these polarized shades will be tilting the odds a little more in my favor. I was out fishing with my son, Christian, recently, when I spotted a big fish under a float far in the distance. As we slowly closed in, the fish turned, and I could clearly see his green body and black tail through my SightmasterTM Plus lenses. ‘I’m going to skip a cast back there,’ I told my son, and I got that fish. I don’t know that I’d have seen it at all with any other lenses. It’s an edge like that you need when competing with the big guns.”
