Leaders and tippets are generally constructed of monofilament or fluorocarbon fishing line. Masters of Harvard Houses wear tippets embroidered with the House shield. The Tippets took their son with them to America where he lived until 1927. Tippets was not a candidate for re-election in 2000. In 2015 Tippets resigned after being appointed Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. Tippets was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 1988 until 2000.