Tying a tube fly, rather than a bucktail is also another good option in the chuck. If you go though all the trouble of tying your own flys it sucks when the hooks rust and discolor the fly with rust. You can always replace the rear hook easily on a standard tandem hook bucktail, but if the front hook rusts it can ruin your bucktail.
It also depends how you are intending to run the fly as to which way you want to tie it. If you want to run it behind a flasher a tube fly or bucktail works well. If you don't intend to run it behind a flasher, tying a bucktail with a fixed front hook is more versatile. With a fixed front hook you can attach a spinner for added attraction. In the old days abalone spinners were often used in front of bucktails to add extra attraction and action to the bucktails. Abalone spinners are no longer available, but you can add a metal Indiana or Colorado spinner in front of a standard bucktail. You can also add an actionizer type head in front to add movement to a fly without having to use a flasher.
Bucktails work awesome by themselves, or with only a one ounce weight when you find big schools of Coho feeding on the surface. There's nothing more fun than running a fly rod on the surface with a bucktail for non stop action when you're lucky enough to find big surface feeding schools of Coho.