INOVA Devils Hokkai – 4 Hook Mackerel Rig

Overview

The INOVA Devils Hokkai is a ready-tied 4-hook Hokkai-style mackerel rig, listed under INOVA product code 200091. Each of the four lures combines a blood-red feather, a silver streamer and a reflective fish-skin-style section around the Hokkai head, creating a baitfish-style presentation designed to give both movement and flash in the water.

The rig is built with four size 1/0 hooks, tied using a 50lb mainline with 30lb snoods. This puts the Devils Hokkai in INOVA's heavier four-hook trace range, distinct from the finer, small-hook construction used on INOVA's Skinners Sabiki rigs.

The overall red, silver and reflective combination is intended to mimic small baitfish, making it a practical option for anglers wanting a durable, pre-tied feathering rig without having to construct their own.

Perfect For

The Devils Hokkai is suited to both shore and boat sea fishing, making it a versatile choice whether you're feathering off a pier, rock mark or beach, or working it vertically from a boat over marks known to hold mackerel and pollack.

INOVA lists the rig as suitable for mackerel, pollack, cod, haddock, wrasse, gurnards and ling, while retailers highlight its effectiveness for mackerel, pollack and bass. It can also be baited and fished closer to the seabed, adding versatility for species such as gurnard, cod and bream rather than limiting it to a straightforward feathering string.

Technical Insight

With four size 1/0 hooks spaced along a 50lb mainline and 30lb snoods, the Devils Hokkai is built to handle repeated casting and retrieving without weak points letting you down mid-session. The heavier line rating compared to lighter feather rigs means it can cope with faster retrieves and rougher handling from a boat or shore mark.

The red feather and silver streamer combination, paired with the reflective fish-skin-style strip, is designed to trigger a response through both colour contrast and flash as the rig is worked through the water column using a sink-and-draw retrieve. Fished conventionally as a feather string or baited for bottom species, the rig's simple but effective construction gives anglers a straightforward way to target a wide range of sea fish from a single trace.