I've been using braid for the past 4 years. I had the Scotty, but as said above, it was too thick. Cabelas had a sale a while back on 150 yd spools of red Power Pro so I picked up two spools. I tied to the Scotty braid (uni to uni) and now have about 600' of line on each DR. I cut off about 5' or so each year and retie to a 200# Sampo ball bearing swivel. Haven't seen any fraying or need to swap ends on the braid. You might go down to 150# or 130# (about the same as cable strength) for a little smaller diameter.

Keep an eye on your pulley for wear (I haven't seen any yet on mine).

You need to use the stops (red with extra loop) made for the braid. The yellow and black made for cable will slip. I think Scotty made the stops for their larger diameter braid. I noticed some slippage on the PP line so I do an extra wrap.

I do my releases off the DR ball. Not sure how the braid might hold up to line clips.

I see no reason to go back to cable after my experience with braid.