5 Reasons Anglers See More Fish with PREYSIGHT Than Their $250 Glasses
By Jake Dawson, Fishing guide for 14 years
Updated October 2026
Summary: Your buddy points at a fish. You nod like you see it. Here's why more anglers now carry three pairs instead of one $250 pair, and why the 3rd one is free right now.
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See below the surface
1. You see the fish before you cast
You know the move: squinting, tilting your head, cupping a hand over your eyes to see past the glare. Meanwhile the fish is looking up through a window of clear sky, and it often sees you first. Polarized lenses cut the glare, and the surface turns from mirror to window. First you'll notice the weed edges. Then the fish you've been casting past.
👉 See what the glare is hiding -
3 pairs, 3 lights
2. The one-lens trap
Grey lenses go dark at dawn, right when the fish are shallow. Amber is too bright by noon. That's why experienced anglers carry two or three tints. Nobody tells you, because with $250 glasses it's a $750 habit. Amber for first light, Copper for sun, Blue Mirror for the noon glare. Over 45? Amber matters even more: older eyes need more light.
“1 in amber and 1 darker would be ideal but I'm not forking out for 2 pairs at these prices.”An angler on the Bass Resource forum
👉 Get all three pairs -
Pay for the lens
3. No logo tax
Polarized sunglasses have been around since the 1930s. The tech is almost 100 years old. The markup isn't. The best-known fishing sunglass brands now belong to European luxury groups: one to the company behind Ray-Ban, another to the group behind Gucci. A big chunk of that $250 is the logo. PREYSIGHT sells straight to anglers, so all three pairs cost less than one big-brand pair.
👉 Pay for the lens, not the logo 
Who's behind PREYSIGHT
Not a fashion group. A guy who fishes.
PREYSIGHT was started by Nils, an angler in Sweden. He got tired of paying logo tax on glasses he was scared to drop in the lake. So he made the ones he wanted to fish in: polarized, a lens for every light, and cheap enough to keep a spare. No logo markup, no mall rent. Sold straight to anglers.
“I got tired of paying logo tax on glasses I was scared to drop in the lake. So I made the ones I wanted to fish in.”Nils · Founder, Sweden
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Made to get wet
4. Glasses you're not scared to wear
Be honest: are your good glasses in the truck right now because you're scared to lose them? Somewhere on the bottom of a lake, a largemouth is wearing $250 sunglasses. He looks great. These have grippy TR90 frames that stay put when you lean over the side, and the kit comes with floating straps, so a dropped pair floats instead of sinking.
👉 See the frames up close -
Covered for a year
5. Lose one? You're covered
Three pairs means one in the boat, one in the truck, and one for the buddy who always forgets his. Lost or broken in the first year? You get one free replacement. And you have 60 days to try them on the water.
👉 Try them on the water
