D3 is pretty fortunate to be finding good cutthroat fishing right now. March is, in most areas, the peak spawning month for them and, while some may have already spawned and returned to the salt and some may not yet have entered their natal streams, this is the month when most of them will be on the redds.

According to Smalma the pink fry hatch a little earlier than the chums and should be in the rivers and estuaries and showing up along the beaches already. I think a lot of the cutthroat (as well as bull trout) follow the fry (both pink and chum) down as they provide a sort of moveable feast and allow them to regain condition quickly after the rigors of spawning.

If you have access to Les Johnson's cutthroat book, his (and Dan Lemaich's) Thorne River Emerger is a terrific fry imitation.