Gene,
-- In my surf arsenal I have a Depth Charge and a floater. Both have their place, no doubt. However, my most productive line (though, unlike Dan, I only go to the beach in the summer) has been an intermediate line. I mostly fish the surf for blues and striper and mostly from the Delaware Bay up to Barnegat Bay so, your results may vary based on location. I find the floaters are, as Dan mentioned, best in the shallower wash while the intermediate and DC lines are less affected by the waves on longer casts into the surf. Kind of a pain to have so many lines, but once you have three spools for your reel, life gets a lot easier. Also, for whatever it is worth, I think every fish I've hooked on a DC line has been on a sand eel pattern, which is basically meant to sit on the bottom and move very slowly.
TIP: cover the painted eyes of your flies with something like CCG, otherwise the sand will rub off the paint within just a handful of retrieves.
http://www.tpfr.org
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