Sticky call reed

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Postby Greenhead22 » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:30 pm

Blow the call with the tone board upside down in the barrel. The end of the tone board will be on the topside, inside the barrel, not the bottom.
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Postby tupe » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:13 pm

I treid Camp Dry and it worked well, then I just went back to using my old favorite double reed cut down and and the problem vanished. I never have had trouble with that call sticking, my single reeds, all the time, but not my little 87.

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Postby rascal » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:24 am

Better yet, just get an Echo timber call from Rick Dunn. They don't stick.
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Postby mudsucker » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:35 am

jdbuckshot wrote:whats the best way to keep a call reed from sticking?
STAYING HOME might do it! :oops:
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Postby mudsucker » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:37 am

Greenhead22 wrote:Also, forgot about this, y'all try blowing your calls reed down. It will add some rasp to the tone and won't stick nowhere near as much.
:?: You want me to point the call "southward" to the ground??????? :? :? :?
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Postby Super Black Eagle » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:45 am

jdbuckshot wrote:whats the best way to keep a call reed from sticking?


buy one of these (click the pic)
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tuel - notice the fancy use of the BBCode. I've been practicing...
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Postby jdbuckshot » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:25 pm

dang this post is 2 years old!
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Postby MemphisStockBroker » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:48 pm

jdbuckshot wrote:whats the best way to keep a call reed from sticking?


Buy an Echo... open water model
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Postby mudsucker » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:38 am

jdbuckshot wrote:dang this post is 2 years old!
You asked. YOU shall recieve my brother! Hope all is well in your world Jim. :wink: Merry Christmas to you and your "Fiananceer"(wife to be person)! 8)
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Postby champcaller » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:36 am

when your about to blow in your call, put your tongue on the roof of your mouth and suck in. it dries your mouth right up and no spit will get in for a few seconds. i learned this from Up2early :wink:
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Postby skywalker » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:52 am

Get a Buck Gardner spit tech Pocket Rocket and you won't have to worry about it anymore.

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Postby champcaller » Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:45 pm

yea if you have a real problem with spit then get a BG. my favorite has been the buck brush
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Postby brake man » Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:02 pm

I have the same problem with my reed sticking and have learned a couple of tricks recently that have really made a difference:

1. J.W. McCollum (the 82 year old former guide/duck call sales guy at Mack's in Stuttgart) suggested I change how the calls hang on the lanyard. Hang the call so that the insert is pointed down, with one lanyard attachment at the insert (where most people have one attached) and the other other one at the mouth of the call (it looks like it will impede your blowing the call, but it really doesn't). The "southward" arrangement helps the spit flow out of the call when you are not blowing it.
2. The next trick works great, too. Take the insert out of the call, put your thumb on the edge of the reed, gently pull the reed back about 1/4" (but not so far it bends the reed), and then give a quick, high pressure blow at the call-side of the reed. Put the call back together again, and then keep on calling.

These have worked great for me, and maybe they'll help you, too.

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Re: Sticky call reed

Postby teul2 » Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:50 pm

Super Black Eagle wrote:buy one of these (click the pic)
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tuel - notice the fancy use of the BBCode. I've been practicing...

Very good grasshopper.
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Postby Greenhead22 » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:56 pm

rascal wrote:Better yet, just get an Echo timber call from Rick Dunn. They don't stick.


I own 10 echo's, and they all stick. :lol: They are my favorite call, but they stick.
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