Firma, good point about the chems still being in the egg sacks. ... I should have clarified in my first post that it matters less in faster water applications, when I said "Of course steelhead will take these chem cured 'nook/'ho fishin eggs as are, but they usually have a slight preference for less chemmy eggs". The slight preference I have found is in the slower water areas when they have more time to smell the eggs. This would be in deep holes during low water for winter fish and float fishing eggs on the slower seams. But as Craig said, it's good to have more than one cure along in case the fish are more in the mood for one over the other. This is even more important for moody salmon.

RT