I am not a great admirer of the "End bound" method of securing the Tail... It seems to me as a spring ready to be unwinded. I prefer to make the "bound", i.e., tie on the eye leg of the Tail the binding round turn around the nipping turn s crossing point,
BEFORE the collar, not after it. As the eye leg of the Tail side goes "upwards", to meet the Standing end and to collar it, it can make this 360 degree around the rim of the bowline and its crossing point. This works as a local L shaped deflection on the otherwise straight eye leg s path to the collar, so the forces on the collar itself are alleviated. Moreover, THIS round turn, this "bound", has to remain tight at all time, because it is loaded by both its ends / limbs. On the contrary, the "End" bound can remain slag, as it is loaded only from its one end / limb.
I have called those bowlines as "Link" or "Linked" bowlines (1). The best one is probably the Lee Zep X bowline - but the other shown in the mentioned post are interesting, too.
Do you want the Clove to remain Clovsed ? Tie a Double Collar Water bowline - that is, do to the Clove hitch - based bowline the same that is done in the Girth-hitch based one, in the "Mirrored" bowline : a fine, easy to remember and to tie, most secure bowline. The fact that it is a little bulky can not erase its other advantages.
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http://igkt.net/sm/index.php?topic=4314.0