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Big Dig Completes Watauga Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Enjoy this fantastic video by Randy Johnson about this year’s Big Dig in Watauga County. Seeing this makes us appreciate our dedicated MST volunteers even more (if that’s even possible!)....
Great Outdoor Provision Co. to host Banff Mountain Film’s Radical Reels
Friday, September 9, 2011 7-10pm Hanes Brand Theatre – Winston-Salem, NC You don’t have to journey to Banff each fall to see these exciting films! Great Outdoor Provision Co. will...
How to Cast a Fly Rod
Casting Notes: Cause and correction of tailing loops A tailing loop results when the caster fails to create a stroke with a straight path of the rod tip. The line...
Storage and Care of Backpacking Equipment
The gear we sell at Great Outdoor Provision Co. is made to last many years of hard wilderness use. While outdoor gear is made to take all sorts of knocks:...
NC Wildlife Federation awards Great Outdoor Provision Co. as BUSINESS CONSERVATIONIST of the YEAR
RALEIGH, NC – June 23, 2011 The North Carolina Wildlife Federation honored Great Outdoor Provision Co. as the recipient of the 2010 Governor’s Conservation Achievement Award a recognition given annually...
KEEN Spring Storm Relief
In response to the devastating spring storms in the South and Midwest, the Great Outdoor Provision Co. and KEEN have joined forces to raise money for the American Red Cross...
NCKFA Tournament Report
On Saturday, 30 April GOPC kayak fishing team members Bo Anders, Tim Stewart, Drew Haerer, and Mike Callahan joined me for the 1st Annual North Carolina Kayak Fishing Association (NKCFA)...
The Total Outdoorsman Manual
Strange but true – Raleigh happens to be home to Field & Stream editor-at-large T. Edward Nickens, whose new book The Total Outdoorsman Manual, is part skills primer and part...
The Rewards of Kayak Fishing
by Ashley “The Drumminator” Williams, GOPC Kayak Fishing Team This weekend was the perfect example to take full advantage of all the benefits kayak fishing has when searching the saltwater...
Hiking with Kids
“As soon as he saw the Big Boots, Pooh knew that an Adventure was going to happen.” Getting your kids into the Great Outdoors can lead to a lifetime love...
New Kayak Fishing Team Members
We are excited to announce two new GOPC Kayak Fishing Team members: Tim “stew-rat” Stewart – Tim is a Charlotte N.C. native and longtime Mt. Holly resident having the Catawba...
Paul Marsh -- Friend & Patagonia Pioneer
by Tom Valone, owner of Great Outdoor Provision Co. I last saw Paul on his last sales swing thru our territory this past summer. He was bent over, limped, coughed...
RiverBassin Tournament Report
On Saturday, April 2, I loaded up my Ocean Kayak Prowler Trident 13 fishing kayak and headed to the Catawba River just above the Hwy 27 bridge in Mt. Holly,...
Leave No Trace 2.0
Get in. Get out. Leave behind nothing but…nothing. That’s the philosophy behind LNT—Leave No Trace—backcountry travel. No one wants to bust their chops to get to the back of beyond...
Installing Kayak Fishing Accessories
How to install accessories on a sit-on-top kayak to turn a basic model into an angler model. In this part, I am installing a flush mount rod tube on the...
New Kayak Customizer from P&H
If you’re passionate about sea kayaking you’ll love the new Kayak Customizer tool from P&H Sea Kayaks http://www.phseakayaks.com/kayakCustomiser.php
Shop Saturday to help Habitat for Humanity
The first Saturday of each December, Great Outdoor Provision Co. donates 5% of sales to local Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Habitat brings families in need together with volunteers and resources...