Find a box of the small plastic coated paper clips. I straighten them out and then bend them to make a shorter paper clip and cut off the extra. While the reeds are still wet, wet the clip and slide it between them. You have to put the call in your mouth and let the clip and reeds get wet again in order to pull them out but that doesn' t take but a minute. This has worked a lot better than toothpicks for me because the round edge of the paper clip doesn' t punch holes. If you use regular paper clips without the plastic coating they will rust.

Good Luck,
Doug