I haven't used braid since it first made a comeback quite a while back. What I didn't like then was the fact that when I got a good fish on that pulled drag the line seemed to bury itself into the other line on the spool. Is there a way to prevent this?

Use a bigger diameter line. I use 50lb without any problems of digging.

Use a more rounded braid like sufix performance braid. I use 20# sufix braid and never had any issues of line digging in.

Spider wire braid are flat and tends to dig in the spool.