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Norfork River (Tailwater)

Live conditions for Norfork River (Tailwater): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

204cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp52.9°F
Engine callGO 204 cfs in the wade band · 53°F
Gauge read 1:15 AM CDT · USGS 07060000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Norfork River (Tailwater) is a tailwater in Arkansas, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook, cutthroat. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • Quarry Park Boat Ramp & Walk-in Accessramp
  • Dry Run Creek Walk-in Access (Norfork National Fish Hatchery)walk in
  • Bill Ackerman/River Ridge Walk-in Accesswalk in
  • Arkansas Highway 5 Bridgebridge
  • Railroad Bridge (near Norfork)bridge
  • Norfork Access Boat Ramp (White River confluence)ramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.