Hitting left, Change spine?

[The Hawk]

I have my recurve arrows tuned to where the arrow flys straight away from my eye. No left or right misses. With my longbow, I bare shaft tuned the arrows to perfect(no such thing, but close) flight. I added fletch and now with the arrow straight away from my eye, the arrow consistantly hits left. Is the shaft slightly stiff with fletching on it or is it just my shooting?(I'm using back tension and the same form as my recurve) Signed, Lost and Lonely, left of center!  

[mahantango]

Sound a little stiff, assuming you are right-handed. Try a heavier point and see if that moves them over.

[Rob W.]

Your longbow probably isn't as center cut. That could equal a need for a weaker spine or just that your sight picture looks different to you. I would put my money on the sight picture if it bare shaft tunes.


Rob

[joebuck]

Easy to fix.....Fletchings too big.      Try a low profile 4 inch shield..........

Take one arrow as a test and trim with some scissors the height and length down

[jonsimoneau]

If you are hitting to the left constantly it could be that the fletching stiffened it up. But also make sure you are not getting a clearance issue. A nock point that is a touch low often makes my arrows go left. Make sure there is nothing on the shelf that may be catching the quills of your feathers.

[ChuckC]

You could also be simply plucking on your release
ChuckC

[rastaman]

Feathers should stiffen up the spine a little. All good suggestions above..nock point..trim feathers..concentrate on a clean release.  If you are consistently to the left then probably your feathers stiffened things up. So if so try lower profile feathers and/or heavier point weight.

[Bowwild]

I'm with one above. I would suspect a different head alignment/sight picture. That's what causes me to shoot right (I'm a lefty) when I do.

[The Whittler]

If your right handed just bring your brace hight up a little at a time until your arrows are back to center.

If it's only left a little then 4 or 5 twist should do it.

[The Hawk]

Thanks for all the help and advice. Much to my surprise, just bring my brace height up (it had lowered about 1/4") brought the arrows right back to center. I'll get in the habbit of checking that everytime I shoot.  Thanks again.