Yesterday, a fellow that picked up a used Wesley from somewhere stopped by. He was in the area and was planning on RAGBRAI. He pulls this bow out, a 50 something 68" Wesley Hill out of a cardboard tube. He wanted to know if the bow seemed alright and if was good enough to use. It was built by Craig, some years back and in a few words, good enough to use?
Give me a break, that bow was fantastic. Maybe it was the padded fast flight string, but at 18 or so yards it grouped arrows like magic with a very nice feel. With just a few shooting tips, Billy was convinced that his old compound was dead and gone. The part that irks me a little, when I convinced him to short up his draw an inch or so and make certain of his anchor on release, his arrows would not fly. So I took out a dozen that had just finished for one of my bows, cutting them to his draw and adding six broadheads, they flew absolutely perfect for him. He left with the arrows, most gratefully I might add, without offering any money for them and now he is out sweating his butt off on a bike and in a tent on his ride with 30,000 other crazies across Iowa. I hope he has a hot head wind all the way. Just kidding, sort of. I don't mind giving away the arrows so much, but I am still hoping for that hot headwind.
All this has me rethinking the next bow that was going to get, Maybe I need to add a yew lam to that reverse Cougar to get five laminations working, this decision thing is hard. And should I go with myrtle or cocobolo or something else?