i had a buddy who is in the regional game, mention a few layouts for me that have been really good
the 1 I like the bast is the pin in my middle finger which is a 5" pin-pap
from there, its all a matter of surface prep, which i tweak all the time until i find something that works. Alot of the new EBI equipment (and maybe others) are using a much lower surface grit and then polish.
it still gets through the heads and has some teeth downlane.
we went to a tournament last weekend that i knew was going to be brutal on 2nd shift, just no heads what-so-ever, early friction
took my arson low flare, (pin down, 5" pin-pap) 2000 + polish, and polished it again
was really easy up front and arcing, controllable, never got inside of 4th arrow and didn't have to loft it like usual a this tournament.
you could even go to a longer pin layout 5.5" maybe even 6"
it will make the motion downlane a bit slower
find a decent proshop and talk to the right guy, their knowledge is valuable when it comes to topics like this