[mstrofsinanju]

Please remember to ware a pair of glasses while fishing. It only takes an instant to create a lifetime of regret.:beathead: View attachment 32026 View attachment 32027 View attachment 32028 View attachment 32029

This guy learned the hard way.A $3.00 pair of clear safety glasses from Walgreen's - priceless!
What are your kids eyes worth?

 

[Buck]

Barf.

 

[codswallower]

Last time I fished the Sol Duc I whacked my glasses into the water with a poorly executed spey cast. I fished almost blind for the rest of the day. Luckily my buddy was on hand to row through the rapids!

The takeaway?

Retention strap on the glasses are probably a good investment.

 

[8442]

Another case for barb-less hooks huh?

 

[Matthew Gulbranson]

Wow, that's sick man! Thanks for the reminder though. Sometimes I get lazy and this will make me think again.

 

[Jason Shutt]

I teach with a guy (who's quiet on this forum) who had the same thing happen to him back in '96. He forgot to pinch the barb on that fly, whoops. He has a video of the surgery and shows it in class around this time of year. My classes weren't really interested this year although I tried. His vision is great, but the eye doesn't look the same as the other anymore.

 

[Blake Harmon]

yikes

 

[teylor1975]

I always carry an extra pair of glasses since I don´t fish with out them.
Barb less or not you can injury your eye anyway!

best
gonzalo

 

[Lugan]

Barbless hooks 100%. Wear glasses 100%.

Even if these measures aren't a full guarantee of eye safety, you certainly increase your odds of retaining vision should an accident happen.

 

[Jeff Studebaker]

Horrible. Just horrible. I've had eye surgery before and dearly hope I'll never have to go through it again. Ever smelled your own eyeball being cooked with a laser? Yuck.

And shame on you for putting such a tantalizing title on this thread (I'll click on anything that says, "warning", especially if it's "quite graphic").