Red Wing Mermaid Brand Casting Fishing Line Card
This is for a Classic, Vintage, Original, Red Wing Mermaid Brand Casting Fishing Line Card. This 90+ year old unused RED WING brand extra strong braided cotton casting line coiled on a card was manufactured in the 1920s by the Newton Line Company (est 1909) of Homer New York under their famous Mermaid Brand until it was discontinued just prior to 1930. The Newton’s RED WING brand honored the city of Red Wing, Minnesota, (named after the early 19th-century Dakota Sioux chief, Red Wing), that is located along the upper Mississippi River that borders Minnesota and Wisconsin, and which is noted for its famous stoneware pottery, work boots, and its Walleye fishing.