RE: Fletching own arrows
I fletch about half of my own arrows plus I do my own repairs. Sometimes I am just in a pinch and don' t have time to fletch them, so I call the order into a friend of ours and can usually have them in a day or 2.
I use the Grayling jig to do mine. It isn' t quite as nice as the Bitz, but it does a great job. I love the feeling of harvesting an animal with an arrow that I made from the bare shaft.