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One trick I've found helpful spooling up line on a conventional reel over many hundreds of yards from arbor to full--is to "thumb" level wind on the line under tension, even if you do have a level wind on your reel. On some reels, and some level winds, it is not a perfect mechanical system, and line can pile at one spool corner, or be scarce there leaving a pit against a spool edge for three or four layers of line before the next wrap just tumbles into it.
Two ways to do this: thumb along with your moving level wind while cranking on the line (your thumb can hold the line a little longer or shorter at a spool edge where the level wind reverses itself). Alternatively, just crank the line on thumbing it all the way, with the line over the top bar of the level wind . One or two casts, or stepping off the line the length of a long running fish, will sync the level wind to the working line on the top.
God, this sounds verbose! Did I explain this clearly enough?
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