For steelhead fishing I prefer a good borax cure - sometimes adding a little salt and sugar, and/or shrimp anise scent; along with varing colorings.

But this Q is about salmon river fishing. What I've learned for chinook fishing is that there is a strong following for borax cured eggs in NW Washington; particularly on the Oly Pen rivers. Stew just told me today from reading Herzog's book that he prefers the borax cure, and he fishes a lot on the OP. As does Marty and others who use primarily borax egg cures for salmon fishing.

In Oregon it has been proven that the good chem cures outfish good borax eggs for chinook by a significant margin (both by many guides and other great fishermen). Could this be a regional thing in which the different fish strains have that much difference in cure preferences? What's your take on this? What do you guys in WA and OR prefer? Thanks much.

RT