Doug fir can range quite a bit in weight. Which is a good thing. It gives you a range of weights to choose from. I usually can make an arrow that with a 145-160gr head cut to 29"bop is around 600grs.

I am going with Surewood Doug Fir.  Super quality and straightness and a little tougher than the Sitka Spruce.  I am about to fletch some solid birch shafts to try since it was Saxton Pope's prefered shaft for hunting, and he did ALOT of testing...

Douglas fir. All the qualities desired for a strong, straight, beautiful shaft in my opinion.

Maple, yellow birch, bamboo, lodgepole pine.

Ash  :D

I got some hickory en-route. Let you all know when I get em.

Like a lot of us I started bow hunting when the only wood as PO cedar. Over the years I went to aluminum, carbon, back to aluminum and then back to cedar. Over the last few years I have been using douglas fir and have found them very durable, straight and a little heavier than PO cedar. Surewood shafts are great.

Ramin is, to me, the toughest out there. In 5/16 I have yet to break one with some being bounced off limds and small trees.

Cedar for me. I had to go down in weight need
shoulder replacement gotta stay around 50lb now
so a cedar arrow with a 125gr tip about 500-520
works best. When i make a new dz seam to break
one right off but, i have some that are over
8 years old and still going strong.

Any hardwood is much, much tougher than any softwood. The lightest weight hardwood that makes good arrows is yellow poplar. Most shafts will make 10-12 grains/pound.

What about hex shafts? Are they tough, light, ect. ? Do you pick what kind of wood you want with them or just got to live with what they have?

I use split hex shafts & love them. They are tough, straighten easily, are heavy, & you don't have to worry about the grain as they are laminated.    
Frank