yesterday i went fishing with my new heavy action sinning rod, the reel is an old vintage lews spinning reel with the drag adj on the back, i put daiwa J braid (green) 20lb test on it, with a 10lb 2 ft  fluorocarbon leader, i had nothing but headaches with line knots, i have another spinning rod med action with a new reel and i think its the same line and it works fine. i am curious if the older reels are not for braid, one thing i notice is the line is wound very loose and there is about 1/8" in and out slop on the spool. ??? any ideas. i have used this reel for year back in the 80" with stren and never had an issue, the spool ascillation seems to be very coarse criss cross of the line is very noticeable.

 

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I used braid on some of my older shimano spinning reels from the early 90's and have no issues. Some dont even have the larger line rollers.

What techniques were you using with the reel that you had problems with. Slack line techniques will normally cause more headaches due to uneven winding on the spool.