Fishing sunglasses have been used to block the sun and help prevent the bright light from causing an eye irritation normally known as burnt eyes. This irritation leaves a person's eyes blood shot and very dry. It also causes the eyes to itch.

The first types of fishing sunglasses were of the old style which looked very much like a normal pair of glasses with tinted lenses. They provided only a limited amount of UV protection, and the sun's rays still came in from the sides, to ...