Grayling Fletching Jig w/Left Clamp

Archery arrows. Fast. Great clamps

It Will fletch!

I have been using my Grayling for years now. It is not as versatile as a Bitzenburger, but it is now where near that cost. I have all three clamps and have mostly used the left clamp, since I prefer a left wing helical fletch. Unlike these newer Graylings, mine has a 105/75 degree 4 fletch, which I also prefer. The only complaint that I have is that it is difficult to fletch a shaft and end with a proper nock alignment if using glue on nocks. It is better to fletch without the nocks glued.

I have a couple different jigs. One being the bohning. This Grayling jig is really similar and even has some better qualities that I like vs my Bohning. Let’s get into the good. The nock fits tight. There is no slip so the shaft don’t move when fletching. The top part of the shaft also fits snug into the collar. There is an adapter they include that can be spun around to fit various shaft diameters which I really like. It’s a great idea and keeps the shaft from moving. The clamp does have hash marks so you can place the fletching in the same spot every time. The magnet on the back the clamp attaches to also has hash marks so you can place it in the same spot every time. These are not marked left or right with a 1 degree or 2 degree marked like the Bohning. This would have been nice. Now I will get into the reason I only gave this 2 stars. There is a lot of flashing on this jig. It’s everywhere. Where the shaft sits on the collar there was flashing I had to remove with a razor blade in order to get my shaft to slip in properly. There was flashing around the magnet which caused the clamp not to sit flush that I also had to remove. On the end of the clap where the fletching is held it is uneven and also had a lot of flashing which again. I had to remove. It’s like once I started looking I seen flashing everywhere. That was disappointing. No reason for that. Grayling has been making hugs for years so to see that type of quality is uncalled for. I also got this jig to put a left helical on my arrows. It’s more of a offset than anything else. I get the same type of fletching from my Bohning when it’s sit at a 2 degree offset. The clap don’t really even look like a left clamp. It doesn’t start to twist and bend to give that helical until it’s at the very end out past where the fletching stops. That’s odd to me. I posted a couple photos of my arrows. The first arrow with the 2 green and 1 black fletching was done with the Grayling jig. I had it sit for the most helical I could get out of the jig. The last picture with all 3 fletching is of a left helical I done with another jig I have. This is the type of helical fletching I was expecting from this jig. As you can see it’s nowhere near that. Again it’s the same type of fletching I get from the Bohning when I have it set at a 2 degree offset. Now both these jigs cost the same amount of money. You get better quality from the Bohning. You get the same type of fletching from the Bohning. They both come with a 3 or 4 fletch adapter. The shaft just sits more loosely in the Bohning. I was fletching the Easton axis 5mm shafts. I have also fletched the carbon express triad 4 mm shafts. One last thing. I’m going to explain why most should be using a left helical or offset fletch. Most bows come with strings that have a right twist. Almost all. I haven’t seen one that didn’t unless you get customs strings and even then they are most likely twisted to the right. When the arrow is shot it comes out spinning in the opposite direction that the string is twisted. They soon left. To check what you do is take a bare shaft and place it in your rest. Put a silver line that can easily be seen on the top of the shaft. Stand a few yards from a target and shoot. When I say a couple yards I’m talking close. Maybe 5 feet away. After shooting the bare shaft walk up and see where the line is. When your close you can see it has spun to one direction. This is the direction your arrow spins coming out of the bow. This is the offset or helical you should use. I don’t know why almost all arrows come with a right offset. Most jigs even come with the right clamp. You have to specify left. To this day I don’t know why that is but that does hold true. Hope this helps.

I ordered the wrong one. I wanted a straight jig. they let me return it no problem. thankyou

I never would have believed i could hate fletching arrows...considering i used to do it for a living 8 hours a day. But by the time i had my first arrow done (twenty friggin' minutes of adjusting and setup to finally get one right!!) I was ready to just smash this thing with a hammer and throw the pieces in the burn barrel! I cannot find a left twist carbon Arizoma e-z fletch in the entire Country!!

I have been fletching arrows with this jig for over a week now, I have not had any problems yet.

Poorly made.