Well done Steve, I had a couple out of the Upper Severn a couple of years ago, the river was probably 10 feet higher than were we would normally be sitting.
But as Gary said, having been there when it was low in summer, I had a few areas which I knew would be ok to lower a bait in.
It weasnt that long ago that when rivers were flooded they were deemed unfishable by a lot of anglers, as such the lad who I went with was beaten before we even started.
Conditions were just daft, logs (wooden) dead sheep, alsorts floating down. I used flattened out 3oz lead bombs to hold bottom, but those barbel really do feed in conditions like that!
One thing that came home to me that day was the fact that if either of us had of gone in the severn that day, we probably wouldnt have turned up 'til Worcester or bristol or somewhere, a flotation suit/aid is definitely worth a look if you plan on doing a lot of floodwater fishing mate!