RE: Frustrating first bowfishing experience.
as to the lost arrows, i would say the burr that you removed will help out, also it depends what kind of bow you are shooting, if the bow has fast cams sometimes it will snap theline ,also the drum reels were great at one time ,but now days you have a wide range of products for bowfishing set ups.Ya may want ot save some $ and look at different setups.
just my opinion