Saukit2em,
I'm talking here about the Filson wading jacket. It's an olive, waist-length, waxed cotton jacket with a built-in hood and two large breast pockets. The only drawback to waxed cotton jackets (and I also have a Barbour Spey jacket)is that it is necessary to re-proof them periodically (every year or so) to retain their water repellency. This involves applying a soft, paste wax that comes in a tin like a shoe polish tin, and it helps to apply a little heat to melt it. There are all sorts of tricks, like using a hair dryer to keep the fabric warm so the wax goes on smoothly. No matter what you do it's not a task that most people would look forward to. The positive side is that a Filson jacket will breathe as well as Gore-tex but, unlike Gore-tex, will keep you dry in an all day downpour and will last a lifetime. You can take a look at it on www.filson.com.