Old Salt wrote on Jul 13^th, 2019 at 3:28am:

I use 10-12# mono when trolling whether it’s for lakers, waldos or anything. I want the stretch to absorb the shock to enable better reaction time to get the fish headed to me. Often, at the strike, the canoe is heading one way and the fish is heading another way. It’s not possible to instantly stop the canoes momentum and grab the rod to fight the fish in that same instant. Your mileage may vary. I have no quarrel with those who use braids or other lines. 8-)

One of the first things you learn about braid when you switch from mono is you better have your drag set right. Without that stretch, you get a big fish on or hit a snag you're going to either break the line or if you're not paying attention that rod might go for a swim.  ;) ;D ;D

My brother learned another valuable lesson about  braid. He was landing a big bass and made the mistake of wrapping the braid around his hand like he used to do with mono to take up slack while he lipped the LMB. He had a nice bloody ring around his wrist to remind him not to do THAT again. :-? :'( ;D