Flyingfish, if you want to drive south and buy an Oregon license, good searun cutthroat returns from July- September in all coastal rivers. Catch and release only in Nehalem Tillamook, and Nestucca. South of there, two fish a day harvest in Siletz, Yaquina, Alsea, and Siuslaw. Fish middle or upper tidewater, or fish where cold tribs. enter above tidewater. All these rivers have lots of cutthroat.