Rain gear for fishing

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by speck-chaser

Well, we hunted in the rain this morning, and I have a nice pricey set of Drake waterfowl gear pants and jacket rain suit. Ive only had it for about a year now. Needless to say I got soaked. I had 2 thick shirts underneath the jacket and they were soaked too. Had water running down my back, chest and arms. Sure glad it wasn't that cold this morning. Think I might write Drake and let them know.

Had the same thing, you gotta retreat them after some use and washing because the coating comes off. They aren't built water proof like frog togs, they are coated. Same goes for high end snow gear like marmott and Patagonia...