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 simple fishing diary to log catches, locations, and more. Popular among game, carp, coarse, and sea anglers looking to remember their catches.

finScribe Premium & Premium+:  finScribe Premium starts from just £29.99/year and offers a detailed fishing diary with powerful insights, perfect for anglers looking to analyse and learn from their fishing.

These paid plans unlock advanced features: multiple high-resolution interactive photos; weather, lunar & tidal data; map views; Blank Record logs; Session Summary logs; and tagging and filtering of logs.