Poppa Bob used to tie a arbor knot (slip knot with knotted tag end) about 2' from the end of his cane poles and half hitch a few times till he got to the end. That was fine with the old nylon cloth lines but not the best thing for mono, half hitches that is.
CP sounds good with his but I do somthin simplier, but a nail knot might be lil' tricky at first. By knail knot I mean run your line through your pole's eye bend it back over itself and wrap about 6 times while holding it with your finger against the pole. Slide your finger down the pole a lil' and ease up on the wraps till enough slack forms to run the tag end through the slack formed by all the loops and the pole. Pull on both ends till you got a "choke" of wraps around the pole with your line. Slide it up to the tip but most times it won't slide up and that's fine too.
It's the same as a nail knot in flyfishing where you attach the leader to the flyline so no knot is formed to go through the rod guides. Here's a pic of the knail knot assuming the red is not the line but your pole tip. And of course there's no tip guide on the picture either. My version of sliding to get slack on your wraps eliminates the need for the nail or tube; which might be tricky for the new tyier. Lil' practices and you won't need the nail/tube either.
You can think of it as a type of snell knot that chokes a hook shank, also. (the first fish hooks didn't have eyes but flattened ends to keep the snells from sliding off) This is a strong safe knot and puts the line of pull along the pole not where it will pull the eye off. No half hitches and no tape....Hope this helps...
http://www.animatedknots.com/nailkno...matedknots.com
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