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While shooting all one color fletch can be a convenience in stocking supplies......my chosen setup mandates specific alignment.
So I shoot a white cockfeather. Easy visual check.
Also, there is a bump/ridge on the nock to physically know where the cock feather side is, without looking.
3 fletch has worked fine for me, but Ive never shot any rig hitting 300 plus FPS.
Simply don't shoot 4 fletch, because Ive never needed it.

Do you have the assortment of field points or test pack to find the optimum point weight point weight for your arrow spine for your bow & your shooting form?

I have great luck with the shrink on kind with my crossbow bolts don't know about reg. bows

I was going through old boxes of archery stuff from the 60's and found full length turkey feathers I have yet to use. Also a receipt from Anderson archery dated 1968 where I paid $16 a hundred for 11/32 port orford cedar shafts. Also my feather burner, a couple hundred nocks, over 120 broadheads from various manufactures, rubber blunts, wire bird tips, field points, 13 fiberglass fish arrows, custom made bow reel, and lots more misc. I use to make wood arrows by the hundred and shot lots of small game, birds, deer, sharks, carp, and a bear. But too old and crippled up to shoot anymore so my bows hand on the wall.
I always used a slight helical jig that made six arrows at a time and burned the three feathers to 4 1/2 inches. Always having a radius on the back end of the feather to eliminate some noise. 90 degree cuts seem to bend down in flight and make a slight noise IMO.

(3) 2" Rayzr feathers. All pink. Index on the nock tells me how to put on the string. Couldn't tell you how long g it's been since I looked at an arrow when nicking it on the string or if I do I simply don't notice.

As long as the index is on my thumb we are good to go.

Traditional 3x 5" or 4x4" Compound 3x 2" blazers

I have always used 4" RW feathers and they have always worked well for me.

I started fletching my own cedar shafts over 40 years ago. Mostly 3 fletch with 5" or 5.5" turkey feathers, always helical. Today, I use 4 fletch helical on everything. Longbows and recurves are 3.5"-4" feathers and compounds are 1.5"-2" feathers or vanes.

Pretty much just use Blazer Vanes on arrows for compounds anymore. Used to be a 3) 4" vane guy but the Blazers work remarkably well for me. Even with fixed blade broadheads.

On my Trad setups I typically shoot 3) 4" Feathers.

Blazer knock offs from Ebay.

The shrink-on fletching works ok on my compound , most last a couple seasons. I have had a couple that fell apart while still in the packaging though.

white AAE max stealth, left helical, 4 fletch.

been planning on trying out some turkey feathers this year.

I prefer a Lab, like the one in your avatar for fetching




You knew I couldn't let that slip by....

Years ago when I was really into archery, before there were quality graph arrows I shoot a little wood but mostly aluminum with 4 inch Shield Cut feathers and a slight helical.

In the picture above I used Parabolic Cut to use up the last of those feathers. I built those arrows back in the 80s and they have never been used. But I keep them around because I think they look pretty.