Danno

If your downrigger is using a plastic or polycarbon spool mono will crack it over time.

Stainless steel or any metal handles mono without the cracking.

When I first started using my electric Cannons they drove me me nuts from all the noise off the line. When I was out with a friend one day and watched him snap a cut tennis ball on this downrigger line. This worked. The line quit singing.

And yes, don't care that line you use, you can cut a weight off the downrigger.

Scabs

I put braid on mine but was just thinking. If you are trolling around the edge or other deep water, what's the chances of a wahoo biting your weight off? Has anyone ever heard of this happening? Its shaped alot like a bonito lure.