Up locking reel seat, western cigar grip. This is a delightful Dry fly rod. Super smooth with a delicate touch, it excels at presenting a single dry on a long leader to a spooky fish.
 
Think, Driftless, where you are stalking a fish, holding in the flow, taking duns as they float past his nose, and you get to make that one, upstream cast. Perhaps it’s a Freestone where you have a regular feeder in the back eddy, picking off spent spinners or caddis, it requires a small curve cast to get the fly into position. This is the rod for that job, an extension of your arm, the fly will follow your eye and you will have total control of the presentation.