Fiberglass Bowfishing Arrow Shaft Review

A standard 5/16" glue-on nock (0135X). These shafts are meant for bow fishing and generally do not use fletchings. If you wanted to shoot these as target arrow then in theory you could use fletchings.

The arrow shaft alone weighs 1200 grains add 175 grains for a nock, feathers and a broadhead and your hunting arrow will weigh approximately 1375 grains. If you shoot a heavier bow weight (65 or more lbs.) and limit your distance to 15 yards you may get away with an arrow weight this high. We recommend an arrow weight of 10 to 12 grains per pound weight of bow although.

Any glue that you would use for installing inserts will work for installing points on a bow fishing arrow. Rough up and clean the end you are gluing so the glue has a strong hold. http://www.3riversarchery.com/Insert+Iron_i4455_baseitem.html

A regular rest will work just fine. People upgrade to the more enclosed rest as bow fishing can involve a lot of movement and the bow fishing specific rests help keep the arrow in place. For a beginner, just use your standard rest, and if you run into trouble with the arrow coming off, maybe look at buying a bow just for bow fishing that you do not mind drilling holes in (if do not come with it already).

Yes! No problem at all! Have fun!

That is the lay fletching that used to come on the arrow. They are now only a bare shaft.

I think that the polyurethane would work. To sand fiberglass you will need a light grit sandpaper. If the sandpaper is too aggressive it will just cause more splinters. You should smooth the whole thing out and then apply the polyurethane.

No, this is just the shaft.

An elevated rest would work out better.

I just weighed out a handful and they came out to 1250 gr on average.