Casting upstream with a spinner

[Roderek]

Well here is another newbie question. Everything I have read says you should cast upstream, however, when I cast upstream with a spoon or spinner into a current I have to reel very quickly or it gets hung up on rocks or weeds, is there a trick to casting upstream with spinners?

I seem to get more hits if I let it float downstream in the current towards the cover or obstacle.

[Old Wizard]

Don't cast directly upstream, but on an angle up and across.

[58thecat]

Up but across.

[Kim473]

Some little planner boards work great on slow moveing streams with small hooks..

[chriscosta]

Start reeling the second it hits the water and watch your slack line