I disagree Stephen and the reason being is because the waters you describe are waters I’ve fished for the last 20 years. Low stock, big fish, small rivers that run gin clear for 80% of the season.
Scaling down and worrying about fine clear lines is something I believe to be completely unnecessary and over risky. I fish tight to cover and it’s locked up hard, hit and hold.
Any weakness in the hardware gets found out within seconds of picking up the rod.
I catch plenty of wised up double figure fish through the hours of daylight and they are not concerned with the thickness of my line/hook length or the colour providing it’s pinned down hard and not coming into contact with them.
You can see my thick coated braid and tubing behind the lead running across the bottom clear as day when the rig is put in the margins.
They don’t give a monkeys if they don’t know you are there.