Fletching

[dangerous dan]

Is Fletching your own arrows better than buying factory fletched arrows?

I dont see a real price savings, by the time you buy glue, a fletcher, shafts, and vanes you spend close to the same amount.

[Shiner]

For me, its custom building to get what you want and a huge convenience when You have to refletch

[red]

quite a few stock arrows are fletched offset instead of helical. that will give you less spin. i fletch my own cause i want to add my own fade crest and fletch color of my choice. and gives you a bit of pride saying i did them myself.

[mataconfletcha]

I think once you shoot broadheads and start shaving some of those fletchings off of your arrows with good groups its easier just to fletch some at home than having a couple of "down" arrows until you get them done, plus you can vary the color scheme on your arrows with countless combos.

[oktx]

Is Fletching your own arrows better than buying factory fletched arrows?

I dont see a real price savings, by the time you buy glue, a fletcher, shafts, and vanes you spend close to the same amount.

I buy vanes $10.00 per 100, superglue $2.00 jig $46.00. I bought for $22.00. It will save you in the long run.

[bulletpusher]

They don't make a factory arrow with 3" AAE vanes, which bought me some speed, plus I want white cresting on my shaft.

[jgard]

I like the ability to redo the vanes when they get ripped off in wild colors

[Goldeneagle]

Unless you WANT something special, factory fletched arrows will do just fine. Fletching your own is just a way to customize arrows to your personal liking or to try something different. To me, it is relaxing to do my own fletching. Kind of like "my time".

[swoledouglas]

I do it because I use different fletching for different things. I use straight 2" feathers for 3-D, I use right helical 4" feathers for indoor and I use right helical 2" blazers for hunting. Plus I like building my own arrows.

[txhunter83]

They don't make a factory arrow with 3" AAE vanes, which bought me some speed, plus I want white cresting on my shaft.

Thats what she said

[txfireguy2003]

I got started refletching when I was using a WB rest. That thing eats vanes for breakfast, lunch and dinner! It's just quicker and cheaper to redo them yourself than taking them to the proshop. Now I'm shooting a dropaway, but my nephew keeps ripping vanes off so I redo his and the ones of mine that get tagged when shooting groups.