Flu Flu fletching

[Pfranchise]

What is your preferred flu flu arrow fletching?  How many feathers, how long, 3,4,6, spiral?  I’ve been shooting double spiral fletch but they get stuck in trees too easily, looking to switch it up. What do you guys recommend?

[tmattson]

Following. Been wanting to make some Flu Flu's, have probably thousand feathers (got at a close out) of various sizes and colors, and an old Bitz. Love to hear some ideas. I have no full length or uncut, all are either shield or parabolic, so mine would need to be
many feathers of 4-5 inch shield or parabolic, maybe like 6-8 feathers per arrow, not sure if that would work or how to achieve that.

[Eric Krewson]

I used to hold a flu-flu arial target get together at one of the local big shoots. I made flu-flu arrows out of old unclaimed aluminum arrows from the lost arrow bucket.

Here is what I found; I started with 6 fletch flu flu arrows, these were great for most folk and would go about 50 yards, some of the burly guys with long draws and heavy poundage could put these arrows through the trees 100 yards away making them hard to find.

I switched to spiral fletched flu flus, these may go 35 yards on average and the burly guys could only get them about 50 yards down range. 

The shooters loved shooting at aerial targets, especially folk that had never done so before. The would shoot until the thrower got too tired to pitch the disc up in the air, didn't matter how many hours they shot.

This picture must be of when the guys were wearing out, I usually had more than a dozen online.

[Bldtrailer]

depends on how far I want the fluflu to go( aka  how far I want to chase them) 4 go far 6 better(shorter) and spiral are most fun (the noise) but you may have to tune your arrows to hit what your looking at (I adjust tip weight to get straighter flight) All are fun!! If you want to see compounders  loose their minds just shoot a spiral fluflu into the 10 of a 3D turkey/deer

[tmattson]

Are spirals long and wrap around the arrow? What are they made of?

[Alexander Traditional]

Are spirals long and wrap around the arrow? What are they made of?

They look like a full length feather,and the quill is ground thinner. You take and put contact cement on the quill,and on the shaft. You space the first one out as you wrap it,and then you wrap the second one between the twist of the first.

[Bldtrailer]

For spiral fluflu you break the quill and peel it the length of the feather, then get 2 cloths line pins glue the leading end  pin it in place and add glue (or glue tape) start a barber pole rap (a fat finger width )towards the nock end an inch or so from the nock pin the tail end down and let dry. wrapping the feather one way will cause the it to lay back the opposite direction will stand tall, both work.

[Eric Krewson]

I would take a normal full length feather and sand the quill down on  belt sander to make it flexible.

[BAK]

I always strip the quill for spiral wraps.  They just go on so much easier. 

[Bldtrailer]

Stripping is how I do it, But most don't know how to start ,snap the hard quill and peel (same way when you want to splice feathers)

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[McDave]

This is the kind of flu flu I like.  I use my regular fletcher for the first three feathers, then rotate the shaft 180* and put on the second three feathers.  The feathers measure about 5.5” X .75” at the highest point.  They slow the arrow down some; not as much as some other ways, but don't change my aiming point much out to 20 yards or so.

[reddogge]

I use 4x5" untrimmed feathers at 90°. I used them for goose hunting so I needed them to have some speed at 30 yards and these do. They will fly about 75 yards.