RE: looking into buying a fletching jig..
Your gonna get a lot of Bitz answers here! They probably are the best but I wouldnt know never used one?
But I just started getting into it last year and bought a cheap plastic bohning with right helical and straight jigs.... and for me as a rookie fletcher I think It did a great job!
The way I look at it is this, I dont plan on fletching more then 12 arrows a year if eventhat so the cheapo will do fine for me, but if i was going to fletch lots of arrows I believe your best bet would be go with a more solid jig as in the Bitz or Jo-Jan!!
Good Luck...... ohh and keep an eye on E-bay they are always going cheap on there