FFR 2006: Costa Del Mar Sunglasses

Costa Del Mar used be known only in buewater fishing and only as producing stylish polarized sunglasses for the fashion-aware. That was quite a long time ago — the late 1980s to be exact — and since then they’ve continued exploring new markets, particularly fresh-water and saltwater sight-casting. Some of what they have lined up for 2006-2007 is eye-candy, but they have done some interesting new things with their 580 glass lenses, which have been around for about 4 or 5 years but now use a new technology to embed their mirrors directly into the glass, allowing them to produce mirrors in multiple colors.