I figured out how to use the QJ search feature and found a lot of good reviews on Frogg Toggs.

Thanks to screamingwindigo for the link to their website.  Realized after 5 minutes outside that my jacket model with no pockets and no spring loaded stop on the draw strings for the hood is lacking.

Thanks Old Salt.  Frogg Toggs when it's warm and Gore-tex when it's cool sounds good.  We go in July.  On a the 274 rod portage the water running in my sleeves from the gunwales and sweating left me soaked inside as much as out.

In my mind, keeping water out and dry inside is easy, get good 'breathable' rain gear and use it.  If it gets too warm portaging or whatever, unzip the vents and it's all good. but in reality the last 2 years has been like walking a tightrope trying to stay dry.  Last year i sweat profusely on a portage with no way to stay dry.  Under the rain gear all 'quick dry' non absorbent clothes.  then the temp dropped and it's a wet cold paddle to make camp.   i wonder if in those conditions it would be good to have something non-absorbent next to the skin and in addition, something sacrificially absorbent just under the rain-gear that can come off before hitting the water.
5 years ago i used a pair of something like frog toggs (dift brand, not as thick, don't recall the name).  about 20.00 for pants and jacket, advertised 'breathable'.  That trip it rained a lot for about 4 days.  I stayed very dry and comfortable in that set of gear with no pass thru pockets and zippered pant bottoms. It was overall warmer than most rainy June trips.  Durability may be an issue, but that stuff handled the water well.  Cliff Jacobson mentions using 2 rain jackets at times, one under his pfd and if necessary, one over. ugh. rambling on...

ST: maybe a veskimo will end up on your wish list 
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So DriDucks is the lighter version of frogg toggs that i used. seems fragile but i used it 2 years with no damage. very breathable and stayed very dry. 
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Back in the year 1999 or 2000 I bought the first generation of Frogg Toggs.  Bare bones model with bibs, no pockets , the feel of thin paper and the campfire spark resistance of even thinner paper.  A demo at the Indianapolis Sport Show sold me when they were pushing steam from a tea pot through the material and suspending a cup of water in another piece.  The new technology failed on the welded seams in the crotch of the bibs the first day of my trip that year.  A rainy spring with a rental canoe and tractor seats that did not drain well.  Once I located the company, which was no small task, they admitted the engineering flaw and promptly sent me not one but two complete replacements of both jacket and bibs.

I have worn out several sets since then.  The newer models with more bells and whistles have not worked as well.  My most recent Frogg Toggs set had more robust fabric with waterproof zippered pockets, cargo pockets, pockets to roll the hood up in and zippered bibs and jacket that leak horribly in an all day rain where the water tends to pond in your lap when sitting in a canoe.
My current set is a pair of Grunden breathable bibs with no zippers and the jacket mentioned above.  Seems to be OK.  Or maybe I should say “seams” to be OK.

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