Left Wing or Right Wing Feathers | What is the difference & choose the BEST one for your Arrows

Which is better for your arrows, right or left wing feathers? In this video I explain a few but key differences between the different types and where you should be using the different wing feathers. I also cover which direction or helical to fletch your arrows according to which wing feather you are fletching.
Excuse the video quality, my cat spilled water on my computer so I am borrowing my wife's to do edits..... All of my important files are on mine and this may cause the production to be a little lack luster for a little while till I get my computer back up and running or am forced to buy a new one.
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[@rijodel]

Hi Jake. I saw your video a few years ago. I'm a right hand shooter and always used right wing feathers. After saw your video I realise that my bare shafts turns to the left. Since then I use left wing feathers in my indoor arrows. Thank you Jake! That information give me more 10-20 points in competition and 2 silver medals in the national indoor championship! Your book arrived yesterday :)

[@PaniKontrol]

Although I only shoot casually, I also saw his original video and realized my arrows were coming out naturally spinning left on my compound bow. I fletched left offset and they fly much better.

[@rctrix9063]

I'm a 65yo newbie to archery. I've found the instructional videos and informative people in this pastime are amazing. I'm learning way more than I ever imagined. 👍👍

[@solimarkwok6911]

This video is perfect. I do not think you could have better. Trustworthy, fast, concise, and useful. Thanks!

[@bobjimenez4464]

Thanks for another excellent archery lesson.

[@xred90sqa]

It's just as amazing as everything you do! Thank you, Jake!

[@christiankarner3539]

Never too old to learn something new 😁 Thanks Jake

[@kurtmeister8308]

Great Video as always. Thank you

[@myronriggs9613]

Good video! Thanks for answering my question

[@BlackbeltArcher]

helpful AF my dude thanks for the good work

[@advancegraphics6400]

It was new to us, Thanks 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@PurpleDracos]

One of the things to think about is if you want the arrows to rotate into the bow or away from the bow for whatever reason you find preferable. For a bow cut to centre on the riser you may find the arrow rotating away from the bow is preferable for clearance and accuracy. While for a bow which is not cut to centre like an English longbow you may want the arrow rotating towards the bow to counteract the arrow already being pushed off line by having to go around the bow.

[@XXXston3wallXXX]

Thank you

[@adamkilroe9840]

Often wondered about how rotation of the arrow affects fletching clearance. I'm a lefty shooter (right handed everything else), and it's always been an issue. Looks like I have a cleaner loose due to extremely heavy poundage and changes in shooting style having watched your coaching videos, so until then, all my arrows were too whippy, but with your guidance, not any more. Bareshafts taking nocks off fletched shafts at 25m which I haven't done for 25 years! Can't say just how much your coaching videos have helped me, but it's the best coaching I've ever had. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Take care to your and yours, and keep enjoying barebow. Do you do clout shoots at all?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Thanks! I have done clout shoots in the past as a junior archer, was some of the most fun shooting to date!

[@jcgardner5852]

Like ypu I shoot right handed and found best clearance and flight with left helical. Worked for me in Vegas a few decades ago came in 6

[@greenhoodedvigilante458]

I've heard a lot of people prefer right wing feathers 'cause when using screw in points, it's gonna self tight itself in the target. It's useful because screw in point tends to come loose.

[@LanceVK6LK_AussieHam]

Ha ha very funny. You are making a joke right ;-) There are lots of other things you can do to stop tips loosening.

[@greenhoodedvigilante458]

@@LanceVK6LK_AussieHam I am not joking. I heard that from Grizzly Jim. I directly buy fletched arrows and I don't really care. The bareshaft rotation depends on the serving of the string, which way it's served, forward or backward.

[@edmundooliver7584]

that way I use wood arrows

[@hidayataw8315]

@@greenhoodedvigilante458 heard this before, i guess myb from the same person.... and yeah it is logical to what you are saying

[@greenhoodedvigilante458]

@@hidayataw8315 That’s also gonna make bigger difference in broadheads. You don't want the broadhead come loose on impact, do you?

[@TheCapthof]

Jake; I shoot right handed 3 under and found my sight picture cleaner with Left Helical. I also think the clearance with left with is better but I have no plunger just calf skin arrow rest.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Yep I agree I like the opposite helical for your handedness...

[@ps3fanboy61]

What about the straight jig? Which do I use or does it matter?

[@peterbartley9777]

Water goes down the plughole anti-clockwise in Australia. It goes down clockwise in the northern hemisphere. If arrows (righ handed shooter) in the norther hemisphere, rotates clockwise, do they rotate anti-clockwise in the southern hemispere???

[@dominic6634]

I was wondering if you could explain Tri-spine arrows does it matter? Also I was wondering if there is a break in period for traditional fletching?

[@edmundooliver7584]

if you hunt new Fletching might make noise.

[@TGregers]

So if the clamp it straight, it doesn't matter whether you use right or left wing?

[@robjune1013]

How many degrees helical can you get on a bitz?

[@marwahegazi2493]

if my clamp is straight, will it make a difference in choosing the L or R ?

[@edmundooliver7584]

it depends if you are Fletching L or R

[@EpicPBear]

I prefer more of a centre-wing feather myself

[@SaneAsylum]

Left wing feathers only work with nerf bows and arrows with orange safety tips and not in school zones. Right wing feathers are unforgiving, won't compensate for bad form, and expect you to pull your own weight. Center wing feathers always wobble a bit...

[@Hybridesque]

I'm more of left wing guy, but I go for right helical when it comes to my arrows.

[@ddh158]

@@SaneAsylum Nice

[@henrybright8531]

I’m not much on Left Wingers. I’m a Staunch Right Winger

[@robjune1013]

Tell me you're a douche without telling me you're a douche 🤣

[@lubossoltes321]

And how do you select shafts that naturally rotate to the left ? Or do you throw out those that don't ? Your statement does not make a lot of sense. A straight shaft will not rotate unless you impart the rotation by your release. Or did I misunderstand something ?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Were you able to watch the video I referenced? The arrow rotates naturally one direction from a multitude of factors including string twist direction, serving twist direction, limb imbalances, user input on the system etc.

[@middleagedshred]

@@JakeKaminskiArchery Ive been trying this shooting 2 bareshafts..one spins left by more than a quarter of a turn at 4 meters distance from the target the other spins right but only slightly at the same distance..have you ever had occasional bareshafts spin the other way and if so I assume you would not use those ones..watched the vid you referenced but has no mention of this and spent days looking into this so thought i,d ask.

[@sed6]

@@middleagedshred 4 meters is too far, your arrows are rotating several times at the distance! Try again at .5m then 1m and you'll see it still turns 1/4 turn.

[@middleagedshred]

@@sed6 kool..i,ll try that.

[@-fazik-3713]

Both lead to shooting gold ;).

[@dnakoldarkside6358]

will all bareshafts rotate the same direction?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

In my experience, it seems to be related to the limbs more then anything. Most of my bows rotate CCW naturally so I go with left helical to enhance that spin. I’ve found string twist direction to not affect it but limbs “twist” can in my experience. Same for alignment too. But still the vast majority of my sets ups are CCW. This could be due to the way I hook the string and how it comes off my fingers. I can shoot 12-15 bareshafts and as long as it’s a good shot, they ALL rotate the same direction. This testing was done with Aluminum only and a/c shafts. I haven’t tested with all carbon which may be affected more by the “grain” structure of the shaft more then the user input.

[@kickoflegend2196]

@@JakeKaminskiArchery i just got a dozen of skylon brixxon arrows and did the bare shaft test for all arrows to see the rotation. i did the test twice and same results: 8 arrows turn CCW and same 4 will turn CW.

[@garymickus6412]

Viewing from the back, LH curve to the left, RH to the right?

[@greenhoodedvigilante458]

Left wing makes L shape from on the base, right wing makes reverse L.

[@garymickus6412]

That’s fine but where does the terms left hand, right hand, originate?

[@timh9246]

@@garymickus6412 I have heard from a couple of different people that LH feathers come from the left wings of turkeys, RH from the right wings. Nature at work to give them their flight properties!

[@LanceVK6LK_AussieHam]

Its actually opposite.Right wing will curve to the left when viewed from the back with the quill down. So just do exactly like Jake said, look for the L shape.

[@garymickus6412]

Tim Thanks for the info. Makes sense to me.

[@d0mochi]

Damn didn’t know feather fletching could be so political.

[@dakotastein9499]

for a second there i thought this was gunna be some kind of political video lol