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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: youngbowyer33 on April 21, 2010, 10:51:38 pm

Title: making flu-flus
Post by: youngbowyer33 on April 21, 2010, 10:51:38 pm

I was wondering how to make flu-flus with stripped turkey feathers? I thought I could do it, but I didn't really know how and it didn't work. thanks

Title: Re: making flu-flus
Post by: stringstretcher on April 21, 2010, 11:47:16 pm

If you have some fletch tape, take and wrap it around the arrow shaft first at about 3/8 of and inch spiral like a barber pole.  Then take your stripped feather and lay it on the tape.....make a great flu flu.  Just make sure you wrap the tape for left or right wing.

Title: Re: making flu-flus
Post by: riarcher on April 24, 2010, 09:51:02 am

The quil can be a prob.
Either break it over a sharp corner, strip it, or grind it down. Maybe steaming would work to soften it (don't really know).
I like stripping it and tape. Glue the ends after.
(talking spirel with full whole feathers using "off side")

Title: Re: making flu-flus
Post by: stringstretcher on April 24, 2010, 02:06:58 pm

I was wondering how to make flu-flus with stripped turkey feathers?

I think that is what he was talking about is stripped feathers, not one with the quill.  I have tried them all at times.  You can take a full length feather, wet the quill, and wrap it around a shaft and let dry.  I works great.  But for putting them on the shaft, I found that applying the tap to the shaft and then the feather, works so much better than glue.