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fletching flu-flu arrows in the traditional spiral way

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scp:
I'm attempting to make some flu-flu arrows fletched in the traditional spiral way. I have found a couple of good webpages; still things are not as clear as I hope them to be.

"One direction the feather will flare up almost straight from the shaft (see the illustration) Wrapped in the other direction, the feather will have a decided lean and kind of lay towards the shaft. You want the direction that causes the feather to stand straight up."
tradgang.com/flu-flu/

"If you are using left wing feathers, the spiral will helix anti-clockwise down the arrow shaft and vice versa."
africanarcher.com/fluflu.htm

If I'm wrapping a right wing feather going from the nock side to the point side and looking at the arrow same way, am I supposed to wrap the feather clockwise? (I think so, but I want to be sure.)

Justin Snyder:
They are looking at it from the nock end. If you look at it from the tip, just reverse. right viewed from front = counter clockwise

scp:
I'm looking at it from the nock end. So, clockwise is correct?

Hillbilly:
Wrap the feather so that the dull side is toward the front of the arrow.

Justin Snyder:
Yes, sorry you mentioned point and I got confused. What Steve said makes it easier to remember though.  ;)

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