Tell me about Flu Flu's....

[archer66]

When making or purchasing flu flu arrows do you fletch flu flu feathers to your regular arrows or do you do something different.

[ChuckC]

I believe flu-flu is plural for flu.

I myself just use whatever shaft flies DECENT.  In my mind, it don't need perfection.  Then I fletch up some feathers.

I'd suggest trying to decide what you want from them, because some get slowed down SO MUCH that skwerls outrun them and by the time they get up to the goose coming in to the dekes, it stops.

Obviously, you have a lot of various types you can make, some of which don't go  far, others go farther.
ChuckC

[Milton]

I like to use flu flu's for squirrels but I use a 3  fletch configuration with a 5" vein. 4 fletch seem to lose there umph in a hurry. And I've hit the little critters with spiral wrap only to have them look at me and laugh.

[Jerry Jeffer]

I find the spiral type to be my favorite. Seems to keep up good speed out to 25-30 yards then just stops. With some age, it will go farther.

 

[archer66]

Originally posted by Jerry Jeffer:
I find the spiral type to be my favorite. Seems to keep up good speed out to 25-30 yards then just stops. With some age, it will go farther.

     

Do you shoot the same spine arrow as your regular hunting arrows?  Same point weight?

[McDave]

I normally shoot with 3 - 4" feathers. I make a flu flu by mounting 6 - 5" feathers to the same shaft. To do this, you just mount 3 feathers however you normally do it. Then you flip the shaft around 180 degrees, which allows you the space in between the 3 feathers you've already mounted to mount 3 more.  This slows the arrow down a little bit, but nowhere near as much as the spiral feather shown by Jerry. This is good if you want your flu flu arrows to have somewhat the same trajectory as your regular arrows at close range, but to lose velocity fast at longer ranges.

I use 3 full height feathers about 5" long. They slow down after a ways, but still have enough umphh to knock a pheasant out of the air! I use the same shafts I hunt with.

Bisch

[AkDan]

I run a semi spiral of regular cut feathers or uncut rooster fletching....glue the front 1/2 on, or more for less drag and less glued down for more drag, let it dry completely and semi spiral the back and glue it down, use safty push pins with the plastic knobs on the ends.  Keeps those blasted feather up the nose misses to a minimum. LOL!  I have wrapped the back ends with both thread and artificial sinew but find they usually die/break before you have feather issues if you don't over spiral.  

 I usually only carry one or two for birds in the tree....opting to shoot regular fletch instead.

[shreffler]

I have some spiral wrapped arrows just to practice with in the field, but when I'm in the woods I'm carrying arrows that are either 3 or 4 fletched with full length 4" feathers.

As mentioned above, by the time your spiral wrapped arrows get to where the critter was he'll be in the next county over. They're fun to shoot, but not practical in any hunting sense IMHO.

[reddogge]

Do you shoot the same spine arrow as your regular hunting arrows?  Same point weight? [/QB][/quote]I don't. I use all junk arrows of different materials, spines, point weights, lengths. They get shot out of bows from 30# to 50#. It doesn't seem to matter. If a friend trashes the point end of a nice carbon and has a longer draw than I do, bang, it gets made up as a flu flu.

[archer66]

Do any of you mess with them for hunting birds...flying...birds that is?

I figured for small game like squirrels and rabbit's and such I'd just stick with my regular arrows.

[ChuckC]

I do. and have.  ( notice I didn't say I hit any).

It is fun, but you need to keep the amount of parachute to a minimum.
CHuckC

[Jerry Jeffer]

Yes, I use the same arrows and point weight. I use the weaker fletch for flu flus from 3rivers. Half the price and not so stiff. Great for stumping and flying targets too.