Up until recently I put a couple of pieces of flash in all my jigs, but I tied a few with unpainted lead head, green/olive bodies, and brown tails with no flash - they worked great so I tied a few more "earthy" type jigs without flash and they work pretty good too. So now it's got me thinking - did I ever need to add flash or is it just another thing to spend money on?

So - I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts about when to add flash to a jig and when not to? If you're gonna add flash to a tail do you match it to the color of the tail? or the body? or use a different color altogether? Also, if/when you use flash do you prefer the pearl flash or the tinsel type material?