INOVA Skinners Fire Fly Sabiki Rig

Overview

The INOVA Skinners Fire Fly Sabiki Rig is a six-hook Sabiki/baitfish rig from INOVA's Skinners range, built for catching smaller shoaling sea fish rather than full-sized mackerel.

Each of the six hooks carries a combination of holographic fish-skin-style dressing, blue streamer material, lumi beads and UV-red detailing with red eyes, giving plenty of flash and visual attraction underwater. The hooks themselves are silver in appearance and receive a corrosion-resistant treatment.

The rig arrives ready to fish, complete with a swivel at the top and a lead link at the bottom, creating a straightforward connection between reel line and sinker. INOVA recommends pairing the Fire Fly with a 2oz sinker as the preferred casting weight.

Perfect For

This Sabiki rig is aimed squarely at anglers wanting to catch small baitfish rather than target mackerel with a heavier feather string. Its six individual lures make it well suited to shoaling species such as sandeel, smelt, herring and joey mackerel, as well as other baitfish.

Because it's designed around smaller hooks and lighter presentation than INOVA's conventional four-hook mackerel traces, the Fire Fly is particularly useful for anglers fishing from shore or boat who need to quickly build up a supply of fresh bait.

Technical Insight

The six-hook format sets the Fire Fly apart from INOVA's larger mackerel traces, which typically use four bigger hooks for targeting full-sized fish. Here, the smaller, more numerous hooks are matched to the size of sandeel, smelt and similar baitfish, increasing the chance of multiple hook-ups per drop.

The included swivel and lead link mean the rig is genuinely ready to fish straight from the packet, while the recommended 2oz sinker gives anglers a sensible starting point for casting weight when targeting baitfish shoals.