Flu Flu's and spine??? I need your experience

[Mike Vines]

Does spine really matter at all when shooting flu flu arrows?  I'm a wood guy, and thinking of getting some carbon shafts and making my own spiral flu flu's.  I'm thinking of getting some 75/95# shafts, and shoot anywhere from 40-60 pound bows.  

I'm thinking that it really shouldn't matter with all that fletch on the back end.  What say you???

Thanks in advance,

Mike

[lpcjon2]

Mike I shoot 80-90# shafts but with my flu flu's I have gone lower to 50-60# shafts with no problem and I have shot 300 Radial X weaves out of my 70# Hill.without any problems

[Stumpkiller]

If you want them to go where your other arrows go it can matter with some bows.  Notably those not center-cut.  Underspined will shoot right, overspined left.

[Tree Rat]

SPine is dang near irrelevant on flu-flu's.

I have them with shafts from 1916-2512,tips wieght from 35gr to 225. and it makes no difference in hunting weight bows.

There is so much drag on the back end that all normal arrow requirements are out the window.

[joe skipp]

My flu flu's are the same spine or arrow I bowhunt big game with. 2117's work out of all my bows so thats what I made my flu flu's out of.

Just because its a flu flu with much larger feathers for stabilty doesn't mean over or under spined arrows will fly well. Match your spine to your bow weights.

[hvyhitter]

I try to keep the spine "close" for best accuracy but more important have also found that for hunting you really need to bump up arrow weight. The extra drag can really slow down an arrow to the point that its ineffective at 20 yds (bouncing squirrels or birds) to almost stopping mid air (1916s with full spiral wrap almost stops it midair).......YMMV

[JRY309]

I don't think it is that critical,I took some of my old 2317's from my wheel bow days and made them into flu flu's.They shot great for me out of my 60# to 73# longbows.

[Dusty Nethery]

I fletched up a grab bag of spiral flu-flu's for a pheasant hunt in January. Some 45-60s, 55-75s, Beman 500s, and CX Heritage 250s. The lengths varied greatly. All were tipped with 150gr. blunts.

I, too, was concerned with flight. So, I shot them at a bag target from distances ranging from 5-20 yards. My findings were: Not enough of a difference to notice.