What to do with feathers you just dyed...

fish n chicks · September 25, 2010, 11:25:00 AM

Since i'm just getting in the game of making my own arras (still waiting on my wood shafts to make some full fledged ones) I thought i'd try a b-a-l that caught my eye long ago, Guru's spiral flu-flu's.

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000092

Gotta tell you guru, what a great build-a-long, thank you for making that for us. These are the results I got with the fletching I dyed the other day and using a couple of my carbons that the fletching needed re-doing anyway. I did end one fletch a little short of the nock end, but there's a learning curve to be had. I also used loctite's new impact resistant gel glue. Got it for like $4 and the gel is SUPER easy to use, and holds after like 15 seconds.

hova · September 25, 2010, 01:05:00 PM

so thats your fletching??? time to google...

-hov

Dmaxshawn · September 25, 2010, 02:32:00 PM

Nice flu flus. That's how I fletch mine.

Shawn

KellyG · September 26, 2010, 12:06:00 PM

looks like spinning hackle on a fly.

KellyG · September 26, 2010, 12:07:00 PM

Looks good though, How they shoot?

hova · September 26, 2010, 12:21:00 PM

kelly : thats what i was thinking... it would look great if you got some that split up real evenly like a giant hackle...

im still trying to find some hunters or at leasgt a few sets of feathers to try this with... i think if you skin them real good , they will splay out a little more evenly.

im sure as you shoot em they spread a little...

i love em, was readin up on em yesterday , and thats exactly what i need. a nice 30# bow and some long flu flus , and back yard trap can happen...
-hov

KellyG · September 26, 2010, 06:50:00 PM

Maybe if you wraped them around a larger diameter stick, or dowl, that might make the them open up more. Or maybe tigher spirals or both. But they look neat just as is.

hova · September 26, 2010, 07:16:00 PM

im not saying they dont look great , but being a fly fisherman makes me want to spread them all out so the arrow sits nice and high...

hell id probably hit it with some floatant...

fish n chicks · September 27, 2010, 10:49:00 AM

They actually fly really well. It's crazy how much spin they generate with those flu-flu's, but they still carry a lot of kinteic energy into the target. I tried spreading the feathers as best I could, but they ended up looking like they do anyway.

It was an awesome, and very easy to do project. I would definitely recommend it and give Guru thumbs way up for the tutorial.