Noela Chambers Custom Rod

[Ryder]

Hi Deckees

I’m just wondering If anyone has heard of this builder. I picked up this rod a few weeks and it needs a little TLC and I’ve started stripping it for a rebuild.

Labeled STARGAZER, it’s 9ft 3 in the old money. The guides are Fuji SHG probably 70s or 80s vintage.

Once I took off the old varnish the blank is a nice honey/yellow, unsanded. I’m thinking it’s a Fenwick?

[wazatherfisherman]

Hi Ryder from memory I think Noela Chambers was a Fishing News correspondent who reported on the fishing scene around Forster/Tuncurry back when Fishing News was a weekly publication coming in newspaper-like format. Maybe around the late 70's early 80's. Does look like a Fenwick and the only other glass blanks from that era in close colouration were Sportex that were slightly more 'orange', a few Conlon's, Butterworth's and Grizzly's- again, only from memory

[XD351]

Fishing news - now there was a paper with buying ! this is all google could find -  not Noela  but  Noel chambers, it does mention fishing though so maybe the same person ? 
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/162456659

Edited July 29 by XD351

[Ryder]

Thanks Wazza, It didn’t fit any specs for Butterworth or Sportex.

XD 351 I reckon it could be the same person from one of the old boat sheds.

[Ryder]