All this year I have been bowling on a explosive wet dry, but not really that wet in the middle and only 35 feet laydown in length.
I had a moderate amount of success using Columbia old techniques of aggressively throwing way in to the dry(well past the 10 board oil line) with weak solids like my stacked Sonic X solid.
I kept thinking with my straightest release near 40 degrees I would have good results with a 2 inch pin to pap. I had both a Hammer Onyx Vibe 2 X 5 and a Ebonite Pearl Stinger 2 X 2 with a strong weighthole for this pearl.
In all reality both were mediocre failures on this shot. Only the solid Onyx Vibe had a few good games and most of the time looked spent well before the pocket.
However, yesterday I went to a Sister house pulled out the Onyx Vibe and realized there was more oil in the middle and maybe even a sparkier side area. But this ball went in to homing pigeon mode and annihilated the shot for 4 games. I finished with the only two games I bowled with just that ball with 245 and 238 with a missed 7 pin I think in each game!
I tried in the early games one of my smoother solids but stacked and though I could find the pocket why fight city hall when it was so easy with the 2 X 5 Onyx Vibe. Though it just walked in to the pocket it hit with a flourish.
Much more energy retention than on the shorter and lower volume shot at the original house.
Now I am laying out a pin on PAP reactive pearl that I tried out for the original house to give a try and see if I can create the same area and energy retention the solid has at the wetter sister house.
For those battling wet/dry don't be afraid to try these laying down weightblock drillings. 2 X 5.
From the gurus any other ideas for the original house besides what I proposed above?
REgards,
Luckylefty
