MrFish

ill give it a shot. if it keeps persisting ill try to get a video and pictures of whats going on.

Hey mr fish. It sounds like the line is coming out too fast. The spool jamming after 20' of line is happening after the birds nest has already occurred. If the spool jammed before a birds nest formed there wouldn’t be a birds nest because the spool needs to be spinning to get a birds nest. Just try using your thumb more on your casts to slow the line down and gradually increase the distance of your cast as you get better.

does leaving a certain amount of line from the lure to the rod tip make a difference?

try to describe your problem more clearly.

you said that the reel locks yet gives you bird nests because the reel still spins, how is that possible.?

Im sorry if im not clear. im still new to this.

When i apply thumb pressure sometimes my line will spool its self but in the wrong direction causing like a lock effect. meaning the line comes out so fast that it spools from underneath. I believe this is over run.  WHen i apply to much pressure the line on my spool gets back lashes and gets really loose on the spool. making a really easy to remove backlash. just having to pull with tension on the line and the problems solved. Other times i cast and i get like a lock when the line stops giving out line after 20 feet. i dont know what the problem is.

Sometimes i do see that my spooled line isnt straight and it has little sqiggles about hald a centimetre

Thank you for the replies guys!

i dont think there are any nots because before i reel in i hold onto the line with some tension before it gets to the spool so i have a tight wrapped line around my spool. but not too tight.

Also i dont believe the line is tied around one of the guides.

perhaps i can show one of you guys sometime or something.