I prefer Port Orford Cedar (POC) arrows. However, lacking the equipment and room to make up my own except for fletching them, I buy them from a fletcher (arrow builder). If you're in the same boat and have to buy your wood arrows, ask around and get the name(s) of good fletchers. Contact them and talk with them about your needs. They'll ask the questions and if you got the answers, they can get real close as to which spine will work best from your particular bow at your particular draw length. Some will send a few tuning arrows so that you can determine which will fly the best for you after fine tuning your bow to them. I paid $70.00 for my last dozen and they were right on as far as what the fletcher said they would be and they flew perfectly from my bow.

In lieu of spending that kind of money for every dozen that I have, I buy aluminum shafts as cheaply as I can and cut, fletch and mount points/nocks myself. I can build two dozen alums for the price I paid for one doz. woodies. They are more consistent than the average dozen of wood arrows, but sure don't smell as sweet when you bust one. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Make em sharp and shoot em straight, or leave em home.