I still have some old ones with brittle bucktail hairs, just for a keep sake. I still make my own, waiting for someone to bring me some tails. I bought some tails but all are dyed, not natural enough, and too stiff. I like them fresh for prime wiggle and flare in water.The natural winter oils make buck hair perfect.
As for change, I used to think the changes were drastic, but actually most all modern lures and techniques come from the oldest methods and material types. There is just more variety and higher quality of art using the same principles that have always worked. For instance, my old bucktail jigs don't have eyes and are all painted black since black paint just lasted longer and was cheap. I'll catch as many large bass as someone else using the latest $4 jig with moving eyes and rattles. Bass will bite mine as quickly because they are seeing something "new" hardly anyone uses, maybe "newer" than that modern jig.
Another for instance is what's called a "drop shot" today, considered born recently, has always been around. Instead of an artifical lure we put a cricket or worm on the hook. Eventually we tried putting Creme worms on trying to figure out how to fish the new fangled things, and that worked. Along about 1975 I put my first Rapala Minnow on a drop shot and drifted it just off bottom during a small tournament. I won first place but was disqualified when they decided I was trolling. To this day trolling is often prohibited in tournaments.
I'm thinking about doing the photo thing, just hate messing with Photobucket and all the steps involved. Jim