Born from Fishing Nests – The Hybrid Performance Styled Costa Antille (continued)

Price and Applications: For fishing or general use when enjoying the outdoors the Antille, or slightly rounder Pargo frames, are both excellent options for hybrid style frames that can be used across a wide range of activities. The fact that these lightweight frames can be purchased with Costa’s very high quality 580G lenses makes them even more attractive, and my advice on lens selection would be to find the lens that best suits your unique location, lifestyle, and angling applications. Though light conditions are always changing selecting the right lens combination can help give you the edge for your application and targeted species.

Notice the white specs? I did notice the more porous material picked up dust and grime a bit more than Costa's smooth frames but they were also easy to clean

When it comes to fishing offshore or in open water the blue lenses, like the ones on our Antille test pair, are the best choice as they help shield you from harsh sun and give you excellent visibility in deeper water. If you are looking for enhanced vision when primarily fishing inshore the Green Mirror lenses are the better option as they have a copper base and can help improve contrast when sight fishing in the sun. This is particularly useful when sight fishing on the flats where the sun is fully open and having the ability to better discern shadows and contrast in the shallows can help maximize casts.

Lens selection is important and if I could only have one 580G lens it would be grey silver or grey lenses which are well suited for a wide range of conditions

If I could only have one pair of Costa glasses, they would be equipped with the company’s Grey or Grey Silver Mirror lenses, which are designed to be a good choice for everyday activities both on and off the water. With a gray base these lenses also reduce glare but do so in a wide range of light conditions including cloudy and overcast days, and as a bonus these lenses are anti-fatigue which makes them great for driving and simply walking around town. These are the lenses that I recommend for most bass anglers, as they need to contend with a variety of light and water type conditions, and varying amounts of shore cover.

Though the 580G Blue Mirror lenses are great for open water they are decent for freshwater and even some lower light conditions

If you are fishing in lower light conditions, or constantly targeting fish in tight rivers and streams the copper silver lenses are another good choice as they are extremely versatile, provide greater light transmission, and very good for sight fishing in lower light. These would be my recommendation for traditional anglers that frequently target trout or smallmouth in rivers and fly fishermen.

This frame lens combo was great for offshore fishing and still very good for freshwater applications, but if I could only have one pair I'd still recommend the grey lenses

Depending on which lenses you select the price of the Antille may vary slightly but they top out right around $226 dollars with most 580G lenses. I feel like the Antille is priced reasonably as these frames are $20 dollars cheaper than the Spearo, and $40 dollars cheaper than the Pro Series Fantail Pro. This is a reasonable price to pay for high quality optics, and while they may not necessarily feel as high-end as some other Costas with their matte more raw-looking frames anglers can feel very good about selecting a pair of optics that has helped breathe new life into once discarded fishing nets.

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