how to tell a cock feather on a jig?

[hydrasport205]

this may be a really stupid question but here goes. I know what a cock feather is from shooting compound for years..  but since i started fletching my own arrows with a blitzenburger jig how do I tell which is the cock feather??

[Ragnarok Forge]

With three fletch you normally make one a different color.  The other method is to use a nock with an indexing bump - line - mark that you can feel under your finger tip.

I went to shooting 4 fletch and quite worrying about cock feathers entirely.

[FerretWYO]

The bitz jig has a flat side that you can start with. I always put that up and line the indexing mark on my nock up with it.

[lpcjon2]

I hold the arrow like it would be on the string and mark it with a pencil.So when I come to it in the jig, I know it's the cock feather that gets put on.

[Encino Man]

Originally posted by FerretWYO:
The bitz jig has a flat side that you can start with. I always put that up and line the indexing mark on my nock up with it.

Correct. The Blitz jig has the set screws and flat spot where the cock feather goes.

[bolong]

What Ferret said