Six Fletch Arrows? Are You Crazy? - An article by Jimmy Tippetts

[Justin Crossley]

Jimmy is pushing the archery envelope again guys. I had never even heard of anyone using six fletches on their arrows until I saw Jimmy post a photo of a weird looking arrow he was shooting. I was definitely intrigued and told him we needed to hear more about it. Give it a read to see if it's something that could help your archery success.

Six Fletch Arrows? Are You Crazy?

 

[realunlucky]

Subscribed for the discussion sure to follow.

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[realunlucky]

I think I'm going to order some of those fletching and see what happens. How are you setting the jig up? Three fletch then three fletch the gap?

 

[Ag111]

I've been playing around with 4 fletch Blazers with a 3 deg helical and getting excellent results especially with large 1.5" wide fixed blade broadheads. It is probably similar in rotation as your 6 fletch setup. Very cool test and article.

 

[TheTone]

Interesting, good article. I'm not sure I can make the jump to six fletch but I'm almost 100 % sure my next arrows will be 4 fletch.

 

[FlyGuy]

I just went to the 4 fletch with the Valkyrie system and I'm really happy with them so far.

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[Slim Jim]

I think I'm going to order some of those fletching and see what happens. How are you setting the jig up? Three fletch then three fletch the gap?

I fletch 3 at 120 degrees and then restart the next three by dry fitting the first one between two of them and then the last two will be perfect when turning the dial.


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[Skyhigh]

Do you think this would be possible with a slim arrow like a Gold Tip Kinetic Pierce or Victory VAP?

 

[justin davis]

Randy Ulmer has been shooting 6 fletch arrows for years. Nothing new. I’ve been playing around with 6 fletch since last year. I’ve had good luck. Using 6 tiny vanes I can really make an arrow that is low profile for wind. Too me they are louder than 3 or 4 fletch.

Vanes and arrow combos are berry Personal to personal to bows in my opinion. What works great for some doesn’t always work great for others. Example being I have been shooting 6 tiny vanes with great results. Have a family member that tried some. He compared 6 tiny vanes to three blazer vanes and the blazers shot better for him. Less drop and controls broadheads better. So what works for one person doesn’t always work for everyone.

 

[Slim Jim]

Do you think this would be possible with a slim arrow like a Gold Tip Kinetic Pierce or Victory VAP?

Yes, the arrows I use are 4mm and they fit perfect


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[5MilesBack]

When I went away from my 2" QS's to lower profile vanes, I started fletching them in a 4-fletch. If I went even smaller, 6 would probably have to be the ticket for equal drag for BH's.

 

[amp713]

John Dudley has some info on 6 fletch as well. I've thought about it but i don't know it I really need it. 660 grains with a 4 fletch seems to work pretty well ha

 

[littlebrotherC]

Slim Jim, I was wondering if you could explain what you mean by limited number of vane options for the 6 fletch. Why couldn't you do this with any vane?

 

[Slim Jim]

Slim Jim, I was wondering if you could explain what you mean by limited number of vane options for the 6 fletch. Why couldn't you do this with any vane?

Sorry I didn’t get right back to you. I was in the mountains hunting. There aren’t a lot of options for the little vanes needed for 6 fletch. You want to use the shorter length and height vanes for this set up.


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[elkstabber]

I became curious about 6 fletch this year after hearing Randy Ulmer talk about it on a podcast. I tested 3 vs 4 vs 6 and when controlling broadheads the 6 fletch was the clear winner for my setup. I'll try to post pics and details soon.

 

[mag1]

just fetched up a couple Black Eagle Carnivore's, have to shoot them yet. I was using Flex Fletch silent knights. I tried the AAE, but you need special glues to get them to hold well. I haven't had any issues with the Flex Fletch, just had to use acetone on the fletch, then used gorilla glue (Blue Super Glue). So, I got some FFP-150's from them. They must have changed something, because you don't even have to use the acetone if using a CA glue. They come in at I believe 2.9 grains each, and the fletched up perfect. I use an AAE EZ-Fletch, 1-2 drops of glue per fletch with a q-tip, and a 6" wrap.

cant wait to get a chance to shot at 60. My previous 3 fletch would shot well out to 50, but then start moving around past that. Could be operator error though.

With the EZ-Fletch, just fletch the 1st 3 as normal, then pull arrow out, rotate 180*, and fletch the next 3. Super easy. I used 1 different color to correspond with the spine mark that my arrow's cam with . Makes it easy to see which arrow needs to go with the cock vane clamp.

 

[robby denning]

Be sure and let us know mag1


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[Dirtyspike]

How will the six fletch work with a rip cord rest? Are their clearance issues?

 

[robby denning]

How will the six fletch work with a rip cord rest? Are their clearance issues?

Dirtyspike, Jimmy’s on this live hunt right now https://www.rokslide.com/forums/rok...-arizona-live-archery-hunt-3.html#post1086989

so we’ll have to wait for him.

I’m a long time Ripcord user and I can’t imagine clearances would be an issue as it’s the height of the fletch that matters. Anyone else able to confirm this?


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[Slim Jim]

How will the six fletch work with a rip cord rest? Are their clearance issues?

I’ve been back for a week but I just seen this. I use a Hamskea versa rest so I can’t say for sure but ripcords work with Blazer vanes and those are .568 in height as opposed to the elite plastifletch vanes that are .38 in height. A Blazer vane that is 3 fletched on a 5mm + shaft, would need more clearance on depth and width than a 4mm 6 fletch shaft. I really don’t think there would be a problem at all clearing the launcher.


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