Well, I went to a recurve bow and the generalized "rule of thumb" that one loses an inch of draw length when going from compound bows to a traditional recurve......didn't happen with me.I have long arms and with a compound bow, my draw length is 30". I bought a 64"Bob Lee T/D recurve. The bow is marked at29" drawlength on the bow.I makemy own arrows and mine are measuredfrom the bottom of the nock, where it is seatedagainst the string, to where it's cut for thepoint insert. This distance is 31". My wife watched me draw andanchorand marked the end of the myarrow with a sharpie pen.Ihaveone inch of arrowhanging off the shelfin front of the bow's riser and this is before I add a field point or broadhead. I anchor with the middle finger of my right hand in the corner of my mouth.After measuring this distance, the mark isa hair past 30".I cant my bow to the right in the one o'clock position.Myright arm and left armare in a straight line with therest of mytorsowhen atfull draw.To sum up: Iordered a new Blacktail Elite T/D recurve bow in a longer66" length.......andthepoundage is going to bemarked at 30" on the bowwhich is my drawlength.......not 29".That rule of thumb.....isn't carved in granite and I'm the proof of this. People need to demo the brand of bow their thinking of buyingfirst, "before" they have one custom made and they just might find out, their drawlength doesn't change.