Left wing or right wing?

[Wheels2]

I have  right handed recurve but only a fletching jig for right wing fletchihg.  I know thit this will cause a clockwie rotation of the arroe which is into the bow.  Traditionally a left wing fletching was used.  Does it relly make a difference?

[Alexander Traditional]

I've read on hear time and time again that it does not. The arrow doesn't start spinning until a few feet past the bow. I have started using left wing just because the suppliers I use seem to have more colors available in LW. I have heard however that it makes a difference on single bevel braodheads.

[dink]

unless you use single bev heads it makes no diff.im right handed and shoot left wing feathers.for you get more color options and i have some left bev. centaurs

[JRY309]

It doesn't really make any difference,I'm RH and fletch and shoot both LW and RW.I just don't mix them together.

[M60gunner]

I am RH but make and shoot LW arrows. My reasons go back to the mid 70's. Left wing feathers was about all you could get back then. It had something to do with the turkey people clipping the right wing to keep the birds on the ground. So I bought left Jo-Jan multi jig. I do have right wing And a straight Blitz jig but only use on request.

[Wheels2]

Sadly, I still have left wing fletching but gave away the left wing jig some time ago.  Still, it is cheaper to buy fletching than another Bitz jig.

[Grey Taylor]

Think about it for a second... the string in the arrow nock holds the arrow and keeps it from rotating at least until the nock leaves the string. By that time the feathers are just about at the riser or beginning to go over the riser.
Slow motion film has shown that the arrow doesn't actually begin to rotate until it's well out in front of the bow. Look through YouTube, there are lots of videos showing this.

Guy

[bowhuntingrn]

One advantage to RW, if you shoot screw in tips, it will help keep your tips tight because the arrow is rotating clockwise when the tip hits the target. I shoot RW mainly because my first (and only) fletching jig was on clearance and that was the only option.

[katman]

Only difference I see is right wing and clockwise rotation keeps your points tight. Unless your using single bevels than match them up.

[Orion]

"Traditionally, a left wing fletching was used."  Not.  Back in the day, some righties used right wing fletching, and some used left.  That's the way they do it today as well.  Makes no difference as others have pointed out, other than to work with or against a particular broadhead bevel or to screw in or unscrew your points.  But no effect on arrow flight.

[maineac]

I don't think even single bevels are effected if you get left wing beveled bhs.  I have always shot left wings, because the Cabelas' jig I bought had that direction jigs. I have had no issues.  I just picked up a right wing jig, so now I can use all those feathers I have saved over the years. I'll see if the tips stay tighter.

[cbCrow]

I don't really think it makes a difference and have used both, but I tend to use left because thats what I was taught to do. Force of habit?  

[Lil Okie]

I shoot left wing. I snug my points with a pair of pliers.

I've never had a problem

[SlowBowinMO]

The only time it makes a any difference is if you are trying to shoot off your knuckle and not a shelf or rest.  And that doesn't have anything to do with rotation, but better clearance.

So unless you're shooting off your hand with a selfbow, like these guys said it makes no difference.

I do suggest matching fletching rotation to single bevels for optimum results though.

[ChuckC]

Yeah, the way they line up on the arrow, and present to your hand, might make one more comfortable to shoot than the other, especially bare knuckle, or even with a low rest.  as above, the arrow doesn't spin until later.

ChuckC