Hunter@Heart- The wife and I fished Norfork last weekend (4/3 & 4/4). We put in close to Mountain Home and fished up the river towards Missouri. We didn't catch very many fish but the quality was good, up to 14". We use 4# fluorocarbon line, 1/16 jigs with white the best color for us. We kept the boat a good long cast from the bank and slowly retrieved. On Saturday it was to windy for that so we just dropped our lines down about 10' and moved slowly down the bank keeping the boat in about 12' of water. This is a pattern that works for me in the spring.

Good Luck