arrows fishtailing, what the?

[steadman]

My arrows are fishtailing sideways, I thought that meant to light of spine, or is it me. Help please!

What bow weight, arrow length and spine are you using now?

It could be the spine is too light, too stiff, or form issues.

[the longbowkid]

IT is either your arrow is too long, and/or the spine is too stiff
experiment with cutting your arrow  

[copperhead95]

the arrow could be too light a spine. try lightening your points or cutting your arrows to stiffen the spine. that way you don't have to buy new spined arrows.

[Paul WA]

your nocks might fit too tight

[tim roberts]

Hey Ryan, is this a new problem, have you recvently changed something, arrows, bow weight,
anything?  I had/have that problem on and off, and I have been finding that it is mostly mental errors, such as a poor release, not holding on target till the arrow gets there.  Usually something like that.  If you haven't made any changes I would look at those things?????

[Terry Green]

Like said above...

Could be spine...could be form....could be nock/brace hight combo.

[damascusdave]

I was just shooting a new bow I bought with arrows that are way to stiff for the poundage. They also have plastic vanes. Yet I was getting relatively decent arrow flight.

For me the secret is FOC. Get some serious point weight out there and see if it makes a difference. If not then look to something other than your arrows.

BTW I was shooting 2219's cut 32 inches out of a 40 pound recurve, with 145 grain combo points.

[coyote1956]

Here a couple of good tuning guides, prolly want to d/l the Easton Tuning Guide.

http://home.att.net/~sajackson/tuning_guide.html

http://www.meta-synthesis.com/archery/archery.html

[damascusdave]

Originally posted by coyote1956:
Here a couple of good tuning guides, prolly want to d/l the Easton Tuning Guide.

 http://home.att.net/~sajackson/tuning_guide.html  

 http://www.meta-synthesis.com/archery/archery.html  

I am currently involved with coaching high school students who sometimes think that they know it all when it comes to archery.

Thank you for providing a way to show them that what they know now is insignificant to what they can know.

It is going to take me a long time to digest and understand this material!

[30coupe]

Torquing the string will also cause this. Don't ask me how I know    :rolleyes:

[boznarras]

I had that trouble when my brace height was too low. Also I moved my nock point a bit.
Additionally, it helped to refletch with longer feathers for more stability. I did this on a few arrows and compared them to the old ones first, before redoing all of them.
Note that I said feathers, I don't do well with platic vanes at all.