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Better covering than plastic?

I made some fence wire protective covers for my newly planted sqft garden areas
 and
covered them with clear poly or a similar plastic held on with duct tape. Not
 too
pretty, but it was going to rain soon and I had to go to work.

The day turned out to be just a light rain day, not the thunderstorms promised
 by the
weather man. My plants sat under the plastic and did not get any of the rain.

That make me think. Is there something else we could cover the wire frames with
 (or a
different geometry for the covering) which would let some air and sun and light
 rain
(drip) in, but which would protect young plants from a downpour, overly bright
 sun,
and/or high winds?

Call it an unobtainium plant cover. I thought about something like goretex cloth
 or even
sloped cheese cloth which might let light rain drip thru, but which would
 deflect (most
of) a strong rain.

Any suggestions for improvements over solid plastic covering?

Rocket Jim in Rocket City (Huntsville AL)
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