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Kegan:
Thanks guys. You've put my mind at ease. Now I can make them pretty ;).

Pat B:
Kegan, My fletch jig is a JoJan straight fletch. I usually offset so my fletching comes out about like the left one. You can fletch an arrow with totally straight fletching and the arrow will still spin because of the make up of the feather.  I prefer an arrow with a slightly offset straight fletch over helical because like Eddie said it is less noisy and a bit faster.     Pat

Hillbilly:
I'm with Shannon-I like a good bit of helical with hunting points. An arrow that will fly good with a field point may plane and do wierd stuff when you stick a broadhead on it. I don't take long shots at critters, anyway.

Mechslasher:
like pat, i usually use a straight fletching jig with a roughly 5 degree offset.  this is enough to give a good spin rate and still be silent.  i just finished a set of carbon arrows, that i'm using with a glass bow, with as much helical as i could put on them.  i'm figuring that with the glass bow i have some fps to spare.  it's shooting around 210fps.  i'm setting it up as a spare for a hog hunt this spring in case it rains.

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