You guys have persuaded me to get bear spray. I’m not sure what size to get. There seems to be a lot of different sizes on the market. I’m going to put it in my travel trailer. I think a difficult bear encounter will more likely happen around camp at night and I don’t really want to shoot up the camp in the dark. For the stream I am going to continue to carry my tekna dive knife on my chest pack. I carried my mid size .45 a couple times and it’s not for me. I don’t want to carry the extra gram either. The .45 still has its place when I’m back at the truck.