Yeah, Eben, that's another option - the putty stuff might work on dissimilar surfaces a little better perhaps, but get both and see which works better - it won't set ya back much and you'll know for the next 'shoot'.
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.