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Location: On the River | I have Cableas Guide Wear that is 10 years old and still keeps me dry |
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| Simms. Have used the Cabelas Guidewear in the past and like Simms Prodry much more. |
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Location: Altoona IA | For some reason rain, snow and sleet follows my boat everywhere I go. I have had the Pro Qualifier set for 4 years now and have been extrememly happy with them. Love the neoprene cuffs and the small bill on the hood to keep rain out of eyes. Have worn them in everything from 80 deg summer showers to full blown winter storms on LOTW and never been dissapointed in dryness, breathability and warmth. |
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Location: Wisconsin | Anyone ever use Musto rain gear before?
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Location: Money, PA | I have Cabelas GuideWear Bibs and Parka....uninsulated goretex. Love it! |
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Location: midwest | Another vote for the Simms Pro Dry suit. |
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| sworrall - 6/25/2014 10:57 AM
Frabill. I have an FXE and it's been flawless. The Walleye and Bass competitive anglers are using the new F Series gear. I have an F2 as well, and am very happy with the gear.
http://frabill.com/clothing/fseries-storm-gear.html
Steve, any idea why they did away with the spillway in the bibs on the F series? |
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| Also, did frabill stop making the storm suit? Looks like they are very hard to find and even the site has few sizes and colors. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Frabill designed a complete new line of rain gear for 2015. Hi-tech stuff, and lots of choices. Here's the F1. F1 to F4, take a look.
http://frabill.com/clothing/fseries-storm-gear.html
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/videos/08.03.2014/7240/New.Frabill....
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| Frogg Toggs all the way. Served me well for years.
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| I love my Frogg Toggs rainsuit. I've spent weeks in my rainwear in northern Ontario on canoe trips in Arctic watersheds.
I've also spent many weeks worth of days in my rainwear fishing in Canada, Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin in my frogg toggs.
Frogg Toggs makes many different price points of rainwear. They make two ply three ply etc. judging one suit is tough to do. Comparing their low price point suit to their full featured suits would be challenging.
Mine is a Tech Toad, it's three ply, if you look at the zipper it's got a flap, a rain gutter and Velcro I never get rain in my zipper. It also has a 4 inch extra drop in the back to cover my butt. One of the guys I'm with has a $600 rainsuit on my canoe trips. His rainsuit is the popular brand of water proof breathable material. He gets wet through his zipper and it doesn't breath nearly as good as my Frogg Toggs.
I assure you the Frogg Toggs brand breaths a ton better than the popular brand of waterproof breathable material, I've owned and also wore many of them. We put on 50 pound packs and then put a 60 pound canoe on our shoulders over the rainwear and start portaging, you find out in a hurry how well your rain suit breaths. I've been very rough on mine in the bush and never poked a hole in it, I know I certainly could, but I can't imagine putting my arm in a sleeve and ripping one in a store.
Once we build up a sweat caring the packs walking cross country then we put our canoes in the water and start paddling out in the wind and rain again. That is when you again find out how breathable your rain suit is.
I'd relook at the Frogg Toggs. The price point suits are great to have just in case, but also look at some of their full featured suits. |
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| Here's my jacket in action, you can see the smoothed shoulders from portaging packs and canoes, you can see the fading on the arms and shoulders from 100's of hours in the weather, you can also see how wrinkled it is from being in my pack, being light weight I always have it with me, and you can see the rain flaps on the zippers and velcro on the rain flap and sleeves.
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Location: mercer wi | Ive used ganders h2o for the last 7 years. For the price they are the best. I wear them when hot over short and use them in november with carhartt heavy weight thermos. Give them a spray with campdry every couple years. They replaced a buddies of mine becsuse he broke zipper no questions asked. His were like 10 years old. |
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| Guidewear is nice. Stormer is awesome though. |
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| I am a big fan of Cabelas Guide Wear. I fish in all weather regardless of rain, sleet etc. It is functional, durable and I have never gotten wet . I did notice that you asked about rain wear with a reasonable cost. Helly Hansen Impertech is excellent at a cost under $200 for Jacket and Bibs. It is my back-up suit that I keep on the boat all the time. It will keep you dry, wont absorb heavy rain and flexible. I highly recommend checking it out as a reasonable cost option. |
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| I did a lot of research on rain suits, leaning towards cooler,colder and wet weather. After physically looking at all the different brands and what they had to offer and reading a ton of customer surveys. I settled on the Bass Pro 100mph. The jacket is long and covers my ass so water run below. Pockets are water proof, big and in the right places. Adjustable collar is comfortable and covers a lot, the hood is one of the better for coverage and rain run off from your face. Jacket has a rear snap out apron to cover even more area. Bibs have good suspender system and generally fit me the best. I will say when you try these outfits on make sure you walk around, especially sit and stand as you would in the boat. The way we are built may determine whether you may need a different size bib than jacket. The cuffs on the jacket are tight, better than too loose and they will fit better after use. As far as price--- watch the sales!!!!!! The only negative I have are the logos, a little much but you can magic marker them out. Just my two cents. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | <p>I used to wear 100MPH and it worked well but I felt like I was wearing armor. Good stuff and dry though. Started wearing the Simms and they're as good as they're advertised. I have a Stormr set as well, but it's got to be chilly to wear it. It's toasty! The Stormr would be great for late fall muskies and if I ever get back to muskie country, it'll be my go-to from November-on.</p><p>In your price range, the 100PMH or Pro-Qualifier would be ideal. They have good CS and warrantee too, should it ever leak or cause you problems. </p> |
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