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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.

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.

Tupe

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

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

STAYING HOME might do it!

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???????

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

buy one of these (click the pic)


tuel - notice the fancy use of the BBCode. I've been practicing...

dang this post is 2 years old!

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

Buy an Echo... open water model

jdbuckshot wrote:dang this post is 2 years old!

You asked. YOU shall recieve my brother! Hope all is well in your world Jim. Merry Christmas to you and your "Fiananceer"(wife to be person)!

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

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

skywalker

yea if you have a real problem with spit then get a BG. my favorite has been the buck brush

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.

Merry Christmas and happy hunting!

brake man

Super Black Eagle wrote:buy one of these (click the pic)


tuel - notice the fancy use of the BBCode. I've been practicing...

Very good grasshopper.

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. They are my favorite call, but they stick.