Don't know for sure that it IS carrydown, but sure seems to be the problem.

Was going to ask which ball was best ----which would have best traction, but have tried aggressive equipment and seems to increase the frustration level when it doesn't consistently have enough traction to combat the condition.

Is the solution to just concede that no ball is going to have enough traction to counter the carrydown (if it's severe enough) and to simply go the opposite direction and use a weak ball (cover or drilling) and just shoot a realtively straight shot?

I admittedly do not have much hand, and tend to throw too fast (in fact...  a friend of mine insists that I do not roll the ball----instead that I just "push it down the lane"  And he could be right.  But when the backends are reasonably dry, I do not have a problem.

Any info ---- even if it is negative or laced with "operator error" comments or some humor is appreciated.

Unless you know that a league in front of you is using poly or old urethane and that the houses lane conditioning machine is poorly kept up and the lanes aren't being stripped correctly I doubt you are seeing is true carry down.  How does the rest of the league and your teams equipment react?
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Scott

So, it could be that the lane condition is tighter (longer and less forgiveness)?  If everyone is seeing this I'd opt for that and gauge ball movement more to getting the right ball w/ correct layout/surface and the most important changing you technique to score better.  

Since you have nothing in front of you I don't see this as a true carry down condition.

Just my take.
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Scott