Its a stick and string, how complex could it be?

Many archers choose to shoot a traditional bow for its trouble free simplicity.  Many archers are apparently full of crap.


I love traditional bows, specifically flatbows/longbows.  I have not found them to be simple though.  Despite that I am shooting one of the simplest archery setups, I seem to always be wrestling with a new problem, be it equipment related or form related. 

My current struggle is with tuning arrows.  The recent cold temperatures have wreaked havoc with my arrows dynamic spine.  I plan to remedy this by adjusting strike plate thickness. 

I might not though as I need to break in the new string I just put on, and when I set the brace height that may make up for the spine difference. 

The other option is too simply take half of my 12 new arrows and tune them in cold weather, and shoot them only in cold weather. 

I should probably just set up the brace height and mess with the strike plate though, as it will likely be spring by the time I get things tuned. 

If anyone reading this shoots a compound or recurve, or anything more than a bent stick and string you have my awe and sympathy.  If you would like to help ease my archery woes, then donating arrows seems to help solve the problem.