| You will find, that if you're using plastic fletches with any bow shot without a pressure button, your arrows will deflect off the bow & fly nock-left (if you're right handed) You will have to use feathers with either an AFB or longbow to prevent this. Incedently pheasant feathers, like most, are way too soft to use as fletchings. They'll just collapse during flight & therefore be of no use. You really need either Turkey or Goose quills.
It's not the spine of the ally arrows that make them unsuitable for a traditional bow (ELB, AFB, selfbow) it's their weight. They are simply too light to absorb the shock of the bow & this can lead, very quickly, to limb failure.
What's your drawlength with the Longbow? If it's 28" I'd suggest trying 29 1/2", 30/35 spine POC or Boyton Pine with a 125g pile & 4" fletch. This should fly just fine. For an ELB you should knock 10# of spine off the weight of the bow to give you a good starting point (ie 40# bow 30-35# arrow)
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