I'm both I think. A gear junky in that I buy all kinds of random gadgets, packs, boxes, rods, reels, vests, waders and the like and I have tied more flies than I will use in 20 lifetimes. When it comes time to fish, I become a minimalist. I will carry one box (the okuma one the size of an altoids tin), one rod, maybe a tippet spool, not always and maybe a hemostat clipped to the bottom of my shirt. If I go a ways from home, I'll pack a bunch of stuff and it will sit in the truck.

The minimalist approach is one of the things I love about fly fishing. I bass fish too and then you "need" 473 rods for every application and 6000 lbs of tackle with you at all times. Something I love about walking out the door with a few foam spiders and a few streamers and not having the feeling I need something else out there