INOVA Skinners Red Nose Sabiki Rig

Overview

The INOVA Skinners Red Nose is a six-hook Sabiki rig from INOVA's Skinners range, designed for targeting small shoaling sea fish and collecting fresh bait. It comes supplied ready to fish, with a swivel and lead link already fitted, so anglers can attach a sinker and start fishing straight away.

Each of the six hooks is dressed with a combination of holographic fish-skin-style material, blue streamers, lumi beads, UV-red detailing and distinctive red eyes, creating plenty of flash, colour and movement in the water. The hooks themselves are silver and feature a corrosion-resistant treatment, though the exact coating isn't specified.

It's worth noting that there is a specification conflict between UK retailers on hook size and line ratings for this exact product code (200268). Taskers Angling and Angling Hub UK independently agree on size #6 hooks, 27lb/0.50mm mainline and 24lb/0.40mm snoods, while Angling Direct publishes size #10 hooks, 18.4lb/0.35mm mainline and 12lb/0.28mm snoods for the same product.

Perfect For

This Sabiki rig is aimed squarely at anglers targeting small baitfish species such as sandeel, smelt, herring and joey mackerel. It's a lighter, more finesse-oriented option compared to INOVA's heavier conventional mackerel traces, making it well suited to those looking to catch bait rather than larger fish.

INOVA recommends fishing the Red Nose with a 2oz sinker, which suits lighter sea-fishing setups from shore or boat where a lighter, more sensitive rig is preferred for feeling bites from smaller species.

Technical Insight

The six-hook string design with an included swivel and lead link means the rig is ready to fish straight from the packet, with no need to add extra components before use. The holographic fish-skin-style attraction, combined with blue streamers, lumi beads and UV-red detailing, is intended to trigger the visual response of shoaling baitfish through flash and colour contrast.

The red eyes and UV-red detailing around the hook area give the rig its Red Nose name and are designed to add a further point of attraction close to the hook itself. INOVA's recommended 2oz preferred sinker weight is presented as a guideline rather than a maximum casting rating, giving anglers some flexibility depending on conditions.