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lostarrow:
Fletch.   Unless you have both a left and right set up, it would seem that your fletch is all over the map.  If they aren't consistant on the arrow( left helix,right helix or straight  with feathers  that match each other ) they will be fighting each other all the way to the target.

FAW:
Just weighing in to assist, Tom - you may have the same problem I experienced off and on over the years. Spine and release could certainly be the problem, however, I corrected my erratic flight problems when I simply moved my hand around the bow a bit until both noise and erratic flight corrected. I had been switching back and forth between two straight handled longbows which were generally the same weight but had different builders. I knew the same spined wooden arrow should work in both, however, one of them had a serious slap and side to side fishtailing. Instead of holding the handle in a suitcase hold as offered by Howard Hill and company, I had to move my meaty portion of my hand out to the side a little bit - the area just under the thumb. This always corrected my particular problem with that bow. One other thing I am finding is bamboo arrows seem to be more forgiving in flight as long as the release is simply a relaxed motion and held through follow-up.

FAW:
Thomas

What Lostar stated. You would likely see a flight improvement with a matched set of arrows. You have some noticeable variations here, top one is right wing helical, the others either straight or offset, lengths not consistent.

lostarrow:
several if not all ,look to have both right and left wing fletch on the same arrow.

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