So the wood house in which I bowl, last year, oiled the lanes well enough, they were very similar to bowling on the synthetic houses i used to bowl at.  Seems to me over the summer, they did not take care of the lanes as they should have, and the shot now seems very dry.  It will start out decent, but not much will hold for a line.  I have described the situation i have found on the lanes to a buddy of mine, and he says it sounds like they are starving for oil.

Anyways, i have a new Defiant and a Versa Max, along with a barely used C-System 2.5 and my spare ball.  I used to play 3rd arrow out to about 6-10 area.  This year my team has 4 righties including myself, and a lefty.  All the other righties are aiming at the 3rd arrow this year, so i have decided to move right, throw my C-S 2.5, aiming downlane at the break point, around the 6 board deep.  Works fine, to start.  My first adjustments are left (up to 2-2.5 boards), and backwards about a half a shoe total.  I get to a point, i can't move left more, leaves a 2 pin, 1 board right leaves a 4, and i can't get away from the 10 pin when i hit it just right after 1-2 games.  I can then put my Defiant (not drilled super aggressive) where i left off with the c-s 2.5, but after about 2-3 frames on each lane, the line is dry, and i'm chasing my line left.  My versa max is about another 5 boards left with my feet at this point in the night, and only gets hotter with each shot.

I was wondering if there has been anyone in the same situation?  What did you try?  My first game the last two sets have been 234 and 257, but once the line goes away, i'm lucky to get to 190 covering all my spares.

My thought, and it'll be next league night before i can try it, is that when the c-system 2.5 starts leaving me "undeserved" 10 pins, the break point may be a little squirly cause of carry down, and i could use the defiant to "mop" the break point for about 2 frames each lane, then maybe go back to the 2.5.  The defiant would be a great option, if it didn't eat it's line up, so i thought i could preserve the line with the 2.5, if i can get it to carry the 10 after "cleaning" the break point.

Any other suggestions may be nice.  BTW - I finished last year with 202 avg.  Bowl right handed, come straight up the back on the release of the ball, usually around 15.5-16 mph with good action on the ball.