Slimebucket, From what I understand it is best to scent your eggs just prior to the cast. Now this is contrary to what I originally was taught but, according to this book(I'll post name&author later) I read the author says that scenting during the curing process does more harm than good. If you have caught fish in the past using eggs cured the way you previously described then, I would tend to believe it may be boat position,casting to far back or to far forward, leader length, something other than just bad luck. You did say everybody else is catching fish. Which leads me to believe that not only are you not catching fish but, you're not even hooking them. Let me tell you why I think it's not the eggs that are the problem... A good friend of mine has been going through a similar spell for about eight months. So after fishing with him and casting where he wanted me to, I felt as though we were dragging the bait. So we saw a mutual friend on the river(Guide Rich Bogle) and I asked him if he thought we were casting to far behind the boat. His reply"most definately, you're dragging the bait and the boat is scaring the fish before you're offering even reaches them" So being pig headed as he is "My Friend" continues to cast the way he has through this bad spell and I start casting more across from us , not behind us. The result three hookups for me after lunch with two in the boat. My buddy continues to struggle from his sled but, he just does'nt seem to envision what the fish are seeing. Like Rich says " I can hookem on a dog turd if,I could get someone to bait my hook for me" it's all about the presentation!!! Hope this helps,Sid out.