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Yeomanbowman:
The man does make a beautiful bow, indeed.  He's a talented boy.
I agree with Del and Brian about English yew, well Welsh at least ;)  The right stuff is the equal of anything in my experience.  I believe a Welsh self yew longbow has the honour of shooting a wood/feather arrow the furthest official distance ever O:).  The average British yew is certainly not the equal of Spanish or Italian, though , but will still make a serviceable bow.  It should be noted that Ireland was a significant source of yew stave importation in the middle ages (see Wadge's informative Arrowstorm).
Here is a link to a similar Jaro ash bow's performance.  Indubitably well shot but still not the equal of hazel in performance but I'm sure much better in longevity due to hazel's propensity to crysal.
http://74.209.214.7/~englishw/DonningtonFlightResults2012_EN.html

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