Braid!!!!! , just maybe your braid at fault ??.
Was just practising some leader to braid knots and my old memory took me back some years ago Caravanning in a Gold Coast Park.
Had just purchased some yellow braid from Dinga Fishing at special pricing.
This stuff was 6lb WFK or something ??, stuff was like Fairy Floss sailing g through the air was so fine.
Anyhow decided to load up one of my baitcasters with the stuff n was casting light whiting lures n vibes after loading reel one arvo and every third or so cast I would either
get a birds nest or wind knot . the line would break or the lure would continue into the horizon after the cast!! , near brought me either to tears or want to ditch the reel into the ogin l!!.
Things like this bring out the worst in me and had to persist n find the cause??, couldn't be me surely too good to be me??, could it ??.
At the same time I was like tonight using new braid to mono knots and stuff inside my noggin made me retrace my knots and sure nuff I was leaving a wee small tag on my leader which was juuuuuust enough to connect with one of the guides long enough to keep the reel spinning and at the same time lure trying to continue on its path.
Hence a birdsnest would form or the lure left the braid behind on its merry path to the lure cemetery.
Just maybe you are having a similar problem???,
Check your knot n make sure you have no tag sticking out ??.
Just a thought ey.