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Flu-Flu arrows

Started by GWhitworth, April 19, 2009, 02:54:00 PM

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GWhitworth

Do Flu-Flu have 3 or 4 feathers. I will be making some for the 1st time.

Cody Roiter

most of then can have only 4.. but some make them with 6
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Mackinaw Scout

I make mine with 3. I make em 4.25" long and I get 2 out of one uncut feather.

Glenn Hickey Jr.

I make mine two ways, Take a full feather and cut it into 4 or 4 1/2 inch fletchings and use my tool to but on Six fletchings.  But the best way is to take a full feather and do a spiral fletching.  THe spiral stops faster, shoots better but is more noisy.
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at my expense...
and send me the bill.

mcgroundstalker

I'll second the spiral/wrapped feather. A little tricky till ya get it to stay put but stops an arrow fast.

... mike ...
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies"

rastaman

Guru did a "how to" on spiral flu flu's on the How to forum.  i've used it and it was pretty fast & easy.
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Jerry Jeffer

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vtmtnman

I use 4-90 fletch on mine.
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Billy

I use 2 - 4" flu-flu to hunt with and 1/2 full lenght, spiral for targets.
My theory is; I want the arrow to reach a squirrel, ground hog, chipmunk quickly, then stop short of normal distance...my thoughts
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tim roberts

A Flu-Flu can have as many feathers, or as few as you would like.  Really it depends on what you want the flu-flu arrow to do.  
Our Annual Golf Shoot is coming up here next weekend half the fun of the golf shoot is making arrows.  Got flu-flu's for longer shots and some for shorter shots.
Tim

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I guess if we run into the bear that is making these tracks, we oughta just get off the trail.......He seems to like it!  
My good friend Rudy Bonser, while hunting elk up Indian Creek.

Pat B

I prefer a single spiral flu flu also. For the shooting I do it's perfect. You can always cut down the profile to increase the distance.
 If you use fletch tape they are very easy to make.  On some primitive flu flus I just wrap the rear, spiral the feather around the shaft and wrap the forward end, no glue or tape used.
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Dave Worden

I'm sure you've figured it out by now, Glen.  A flu-flu can have whatever you want on it.  A six-fletch stops sooner than a four-fletch (equal sized feathers).  A longer feather stops sooner than a shorter one (holds for both length and height).  Spirals generally stop sooner than traditional fletches.  You can also add about two or three turns of a spiral between the nock and normal 3-fletched arrows.  They all work.  Now you can make up a whole of bunch of flu-flu's and see which you like best!!
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