Arrow straightening ( how often )

[Zradix]

I guess I'm questioning my whole set up. Just seems I should be a better shot at this point. I shoot some ash arrows I bought from Alleganey mountain arrowoods. Just the "100 shots a day" type...inexpensive. When I got them they were STRAIGHT. Now they all have warps and bends to them that are a constant hassle. Now these arrows are stained and have some sort of sealer on them. The surface of the arrows are still a little rough..you can feel the grain ever so slightly. They aren't all glossy looking like most of the wood arrows I see. I went with ash because they were strong and heavy. Now I'm wondering if ash just tends to warp a lot. Maybe they just aren't sealed well enough. Also... does it make much of a difference if your arrows are just slightly "wavy" when your shooting helical fletching. I know this is  a lot of questions...I'm just getting really frusterated and doubting everything including myself. THANKS everyone in advance.

[Jeremy]

I had one batch of ash arrows from them that weren't sealed well and didn't want to stay straight.  Some of them I had to straighten after every shot.  Annoying to say the least.

I didn't have that problem with the 2 dozen raw shafts I bought or the first dozen arrows I bought from them, so it's not a problem with ash in general.

You can get by with some very mild bends, provided the tip and fletching ends of the arrow are aligned properly with each other (and the arrows are tuned properly to your bow to begin with)

[Blackhawk]

I have found ash to be more likely to bend than other wood arrows and are a pain to have to continually straighten.  Their weight and strength makes up for this (but only for stumping/plinking/etc.