I have found if you take a peice of 800 grit sand paper to the shaft and wipe them down with alcohol, the fletching sticks very good. You don't have to power sand it, just enough to get a small amount of material to come up.I usedfletch tite and it worked extremely well. I did these arrows two years ago and still have the fletching on the arrows. That is after some 100 shots through a WB arrow rest. It really worked well. Although, you need to put a small little dot of glue at the front of the fletch. This helps keep the bristles from pulling up the front of the fletching. I wish I was home so I could send you the photos. I know there has to some one else besides me that has done this. I learned this trick from an old timer. Those guys are precious! He taught me the how toduring my younger years.

Justin