 it has a saddle in the middle basically your legs go through it and usually on the sides they have armrests or they have some pockets and a lot of them have a skirt that you pull across in front of you so basically you put the thing on the ground you stand in it you take the two handles and you pull it up to your waist and you wade on out into the water and you can do this with waders on or you can do it with you know shorts and sneakers on that's your choice i fish a lot of backwaters where there are a lot of