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The floating of arrows to find high spine is just another one of those steps towards perfection of setup---some will poo-poo it, some will not, but from a purely technical standpoint it only makes sense to me because if the arrows are all fletched the same with a vane running along the high spine (or 180degrees from it) then all of your arrows will paradox and fly exactly the same. I know Tru-Flight offers their Pro-Series arrows electronically measured to the high-spine with the cock vanes starting directly on it, then they fletch from there. It pretty much is alot like those who match weigh their components, versus those who do not---those who do have a definate advantage on the tournament trail IMHO because a couple of grains at 40, 50, 60 yds can mean alot of difference on impact points, and make no mistake even while hunting the additional confidence in knowing that your equipment is as fine-tuned as possible is a benefit everyone can live with.

Fill up the tub with about 3" of water, toss some of your favorite powdered detergent on top, put little pieces of cork in the arrow ends and float them, the same pieces of cork on the same ends of each arrow--do nothing "different" with any of them. Mark the tops when they stop rolling with a dab from a whiteout brush or something. Only takes a minute to do a dozen arrows. Take them out, dry them, match weigh your components, and build them starting out with a vane directly opposite of the mark of each arrow. Then weigh them again. The closer, the better. Again, this falls into line with your abilites as to how far you want to go, but just knowing that your equipment is as good as it can be is a great confidence builder. JMHO, Pinwheel 12