You are a Power Stroker so wouldn't a drill pattern for some length
- that also moderates flare - provide you a controllable path on Wet/Dry - get through the oil then not over-react on the dry?  I know some people drill for an early roll to avoid that over-reaction but with the right ball and a relaxed hand it seems to me you can get a controllable mild arc without having to build in rollout - but you still have a backend and some angle of attack - and you can come at it from the outside because it is a fresh condition.

As a Low-Power Stroker, even on the Thing Lives, with a control drill a fresh Wet/Dry actually seems like a relatively easy condition.  I'm presuming you aren't reving the daylights out of the ball, as a Stroker, you are just putting some speed on it, therefore the Power Stroker.  

I don't have enough personal Wet/Dry experience with the H.Energy yet to validate that one but the H.Energy version of Soaker coverstock is supposed to be engineered to provide even better wet/dry transition and Dyno-Thane's claims are generally consistent with my experience (unlike some other manufacturers) so I expect that to be true.  My initial H.Energy experience suggests it will indeed have that consistent medium+ "baseline ball" reliability at minimum. (From the description, I haven't rolled it, the Sniper looks like a ball that should also be easily drillable to have a controllable, if firm, arc when it hits the dry.)    

You are a more experienced bowler than I am Dave, so I'm hesitant to offer any comment, but since your question has sat here unanswered for a week I thought I'd put my two cents in.  
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Throwing rocks at sticks...Does it get any better than this?

Edited on 8/8/2005 4:08 PM