INOVA Skinners Flash Fry Sabiki Rig

Overview

The INOVA Skinners Flash Fry Sabiki Rig is a fine six-hook baitfish rig built for anglers targeting smaller shoaling sea fish. Unlike the heavier INOVA mackerel traces such as Mackerel Magnet and Devils Hokkai, which use large 1/0 hooks with 50lb mainline and 30lb snoods, the Flash Fry is tied on much finer components.

Each rig carries six size #10 hooks on 12lb / 0.28mm snoods, joined to an 18.4lb / 0.35mm mainline. Both the top and bottom of the rig are ready-rigged, with a swivel included at the top and a lead link at the bottom, so it can be connected straight between mainline and sinker.

The lures themselves use INOVA's Skinners Sabiki dressing, combining holographic fish-skin style material, blue streamers, lumi beads, UV red detailing and red eyes on silver hooks, giving the rig strong flash and visual attraction in the water.

Perfect For

This rig is designed specifically for smaller shoaling species and bait collection rather than full-size mackerel. INOVA and retailer positioning lists baitfish, sandeel, smelt, herring and joey mackerel as the primary targets, making it a natural choice when you need fresh bait or are fishing for smaller fish over marks holding these species.

Because the hooks and lines are noticeably finer than a standard mackerel feather string, the Flash Fry suits lighter shore and boat tackle setups where a 2oz sinker is the recommended casting weight, rather than heavier gear built around big mackerel feathers.

Technical Insight

The key to the Flash Fry's performance is its fine-line construction: both breaking strain and diameter are specified for the mainline (18.4lb / 0.35mm) and snoods (12lb / 0.28mm), giving a rig that presents naturally to smaller, more line-shy species while still offering usable strength for sea fishing.

The size #10 hooks are considerably smaller than the 1/0 hooks found on heavier INOVA mackerel rigs, reflecting the rig's focus on baitfish rather than larger predatory species. Combined with the included swivel and lead link, the Flash Fry is ready to fish straight from the packet with a 2oz sinker, requiring no additional rigging before use.