Ok heres a serious question. Would be nice to get a factual answer, instead of opinion based.

What is the purpose of heavy braided line on gear that doesn’t match it.

For examble my 16aN has 40pound braid on it with a breaking strain of 50+pounds, on a reel that can handle 15kg drag (from memory) on a rod that has a max drag of 10kg. So the braid is 35 odd kg too heavy.

Or my Dogfight. Before I actually thought about it GOFISH recommended and put on 80pound braid! On a rod with 18kg max drag. Thats just completely insane. Thats almost 100 kg breaking strength of braid. That would pull you off the boat at 40 kg and snap the rod well before you got close to that strength. Even though its being trolled for Marlin, theres no reason Marlin wouldn’t be just the same on 30pound of braid.

I understand a heavy leader for snags, teeth marks etc. When the braid is never going to be bottom or rock dragged. I don’t see any point. I also have never snapped braid, even on a 8pound soft bait combo pulling kingfish and large snapper.

I would think a suitable setup for my 16aN would be 15 pound braid (probably 25pound braking strength) on the 15kg reel and 10kg rod. Which is still overkill!

Any ideas?

Btw jigging combos targeting kingfish and large snapper, dogfight for topwater mostly

braid has lower abrasion resistance than mono. Thats why we tend to fish slightly heavier ratings also depends on how many carriers its woven out of (4,6,8)