I'm pretty much with you on that. But I have been using 14-30lb braid here and there.

The only time I beef things up is if I'm serious about keeping something for the freezer and fishing in water with strong currents and \ or log jams or something where I really need to horse them in or lose them.

But most of the time I'm in it for the sport and like to enjoy a challenging fight.

But I make sure not to tire out the fish. When using light tackle you have to be good at fighting the fish so you don't have to tire the poor thing out so bad.