braid in clips can be a PITA, thats one reason that people will run top shots, also for the stretch, like with Kokanee fishing, braid is too stiff and the fish will rip the hooks out of their mouths sometimes.. some will then use a snubber, but i feel the dodgers lose action with snubbers...

for river fishing, i run braid on everything, just put a swivel and then a leader...