Kind of funny I came on this thread today. I spent most of the day listening
to "oldies" on the radio, staring at the gazillion packs of feathers, hair, fur and chenille on the wall and came up with nothing but a headache!! I must have "tiers block" if there is such a thing. Finally I tried some Beaver fur.
The fur is way too short for my liking, warm and furry but not for jigs. When done it looked like a gob of fuzz on a hook

Then I decided to tie some really strange color combinations, purple/red,
black/brown, orange/red, olive/red and others. Have to wait for spring to get here to see if any of them work.
Myself and a buddy have an "oldies day" every once in while where we use
Zebco 33's and Mitchell 300's with old lures like, jitterbugs, mepps, L&S mirrolures, pikie minnows, erie dearies, sonics, crazy crawlers, lazy ikes, old jigs and other dated lures. You'd be surprised at how well we do, mainly because the fish have not seen these lures for 30 years or better. I think!