I'm afraid dace are becoming something of a rarity these days Ron and yes the Severn did have more than its fair share. You don't see them all that often nowadays, sad really when you consider they were looked on as almost a nuisance fish when you were after the roach and chub.
The Wye is exactly the same, they have all but disappeared from there and they were big dace in the Wye. You could do 20lb of dace even on the worst days, fish averaging 6 to 10oz, beautiful fish, glistening, sparkling even.
I think I'm going to cry....