I believe and have been told by a string maker that it is the string twist direction that dictates what direction the arrow spins as it leaves the bow.

 

Paige Pearce has a clip on YouTube where she shows two different arrows shot from the same bow one after the other clocking in different directions...

 

Paige Pearce has a clip on YouTube where she shows two different arrows shot from the same bow one after the other clocking in different directions...

She has a video showing two shot arrows ending up in different rotational orientation in a target from one single distance. This does not show them rotating different directions. They could very well have rotated different amounts due to differences in nock fit and been rotating the same way. In order to actually show the rotation direction, you need multiple shots from different distances. I've tried over and over to recreate what she claims and I've never been able to do it and I don't know anyone else that has either. Not saying she lying but that she's either mistaken or that there was something else causing her results that I've not been able to reproduce.

 

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In that case, how repeatable do you think it is? What I’m getting at is whether or not it’s a waste of time to shoot a bare shaft to see what direction the bow wants to spin the arrow, and then fletch the offset or helical accordingly.


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For the question not asked; Fletch which ever direction you want. It won't make a difference - speed or accuracy

 

All the factory stringed bows turn counterclockwise. All of the factory fletched arrows, and common broadhead grinds, are designed for a clockwise spin. I would just go with clockwise spin / right helical. Search YouTube for videos of this. Bottomline, it doesn't make enough difference to worry about it, and don't fight the broadhead.

 

I always clock my arrows now. Does it make a difference? Don’t know, I just know my fixed blades fly like darts at whatever distance I wanna shoot. It’s takes 5 seconds to do it, and (depending on fletching jig) can be fletched in the same amount of time. Why not just do it.

 

every bow that I have shot through paper at 6' has already began to spin. How much could natural rotation in the opposite direction actually affect anything further downrange ?

 

Spin has more to do with nock fit than anything else. Bareshaft GT’s spin one way, eastons the opposite. I just use right helical for everything.

 

Does it make a difference….. I don’t know.

My arrows clock Left…. So I just give the arrow what it wants which is a left helical. I have a choice since I fletch my own arrows, so I pick L helical. Can only help even if it’s just a little.

There is a video floating around somewhere of slow motion arrow releases. Showing L helical, straight and Right helical. The arrow fletched with the way the arrow clocks spins almost immediately out of the bow. The arrow fletched opposite the clock knuckles for a few feet before it rotates.

You tube search…. Clocking Left helical vs Right helical. It’s a 1.5 min video. Maybe someone here can post th the thread.

Like I said… Don’t know if it helps but it sure can’t hurt.

 

Do yourself a very huge favor, stop worring about!!!!!!! It means absolutely squat. The fletching spins the arrow way, way before any "natual" spin could even think about affecting it.
This is an ongoing debate on here and there has been no proof "natural" spin does anything.

 

Below is how Crackers answered a similar post from several years back. His testing is the only extensive testing that I have heard of. He was testing left vs right helical with broadheads only.

You know this how?

We spent 4 months testing with 3 pros and a hooter shooter and we can show times where a proper spine shaft won't tear a clean hole with the center shot and nock height set correctly and just by switching to left helical the arrow shoots perfect. We have also set the machine up shooting the same arrows but fletched differently and broadhead and field point impact changed. We have found tuning easy with some fletching and terrible with others and we never have our points or broadheads come unscrewed using left. Our grouping was done at 90 yards with broadheads using every fletch combo you can think of and we did equal in LH and RH and the groups were always tighter and with more robbin hoods using LH. LH helical stagger fletch was the best combo used but it also works best with shield vanes so cutting and gluing is a pain so Blazers LH for me works great

 

I’ve taken 6 arrows of each and saw zero difference out to 100 yards. All grouped together whether left or right helical, shot out of the same bow


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Yup did this with grizz tricks and other broadheads as well a couple years ago. All stacked out to 100yds. Straight fletch my group opened up considerably. Left or right offsets of at least 2 degrees pulled em all back together

 

I think for the average bowhunter, of which I am, natural spin out of a bow is not an issue that need s to be addressed.

 

Levi Morgan has talked about this a number of times. He is a big believer in fletching in relation to whatever direction his bare shafts clock, BUT, I also heard him say on a podcast that he does this more so for his own peace of mind and confidence and isn't sure if it even makes a real difference. He simply does it because it helps make him feel like it does. Like others have said I have yet to see any kind of study or any conclusive evidence that it makes any real world noticeable difference.

 

Levi Morgan has talked about this a number of times. He is a big believer in fletching in relation to whatever direction his bare shafts clock, BUT, I also heard him say on a podcast that he does this more so for his own peace of mind and confidence and isn't sure if it even makes a real difference. He simply does it because it helps make him feel like it does. Like others have said I have yet to see any kind of study or any conclusive evidence that it makes any real world noticeable difference.

Darn good information that doesn't always come to light..........

 

If you are really worried about it then dont use any fletching at all

 

It's not the twist of the string as much as it is the serving orientation laid out on the string if you want to get technical. Only on compound strings where peep sights are used is it important to serve in one particular orientation. On recurve/longbow or crossbow strings you can serve every section a different way if you want and it won't make a difference because there's no peep so these strings may actually not spin an arrow based on the string twist direction.

I proved it's the serving and not the string in this video.