Yeah, we get lots of fish out here. That famous fish place in Seattle where they throw the fish was walking distance from my place when I lived downtown, I did my shopping at the Pike Place market. I didn't buy from them though, they always wanted to charge me tourist prices. Better deals further down.
I'm not so into lox that I need it done in any traditional way, I just love smoked salmon. I might even prefer it hot smoked!
But I'm going to do some and see how it turns out, then maybe do it again.