The story behind finScribe

finScribe was founded by passionate game fisherman and wine merchant, Caspar Bowes, with one simple goal: to help anglers easily log, relive, and learn from their fishing experiences.

In June 2021, while fishing the River Thurso in Scotland, Caspar had a moment of frustration: he remembered catching three fish on that stretch the previous year — but couldn’t recall exactly where, what fly he’d used, or the conditions at the time.

That was the spark: “What if I could have this information at my fingertips — right on my phone?”

Caspar and Victoria Bowes teamed up with CGI, one of the UK’s top mobile app developers, to bring this idea to life. Just over a year later, finScribe officially launched in July 2022 on both iOS and Android.

Since launch, finScribe has become a go-to fishing app for anglers across the UK and beyond — whether you're a trout and salmon fly fisher, a coarse or carp enthusiast, or a dedicated sea angler.

finScribe Free: The base version of finScribe is free to download and use (and always will be), offering a powerful fishing diary to log catches, locations, and more. It's already growing in popularity among game, carp, coarse, and sea anglers alike.

finScribe Premium & Premium+: For anglers wanting extra features, finScribe Premium starts from just £19.99/year, available on both iPhone and Android. These paid plans unlock advanced capabilities, most notably multiple photos plus weather data and map views.

Exciting new features coming Summer 2025: Further upgrades are coming very soon, to include Blank Record, Session Summary, tidal and lunar data, tagging and filtering of logs, plus high resolution interactive images. Watch this space...