Loch Faskally
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| location = Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Loch Faskally (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Faschoille) is a man-made reservoir in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, {{convert|2.5|km}} northwest of Pitlochry.
Geography
The loch lies between steeply wooded hills and is approximately {{convert|3.2|km}} in length, narrowing to around {{convert|700|m|yd}} wide. The loch is retained by the Pitlochry Dam which was built by Wimpey Construction between 1947 and 1950Wimpey: The first hundred years - company brochure 1980 as part of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Tummel Hydro-Electric Power Scheme.{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst3850.html| title=Faskally, Loch| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=16 February 2014}} The dam incorporates a salmon fish ladder, allowing around 5,400 salmon to ascend annually, and is a popular visitor attraction.
The loch is popular with anglers. The water holds a good head of brown trout and the native fish are augmented by a stocking in the 1-5lb range. A 7-pounder was recorded in 2001. Salmon and a few sea trout pass through as they head up the Tummel and Garry systems. 54 salmon were caught in 2001 the best being a fish of 14 ½ lbs, however fish to 28lbs have also been caught. June also sees the arrival of the summer grilse.
There are also good numbers of small pike with a few larger specimens mixed in. The best recorded pike have been over 30lb.{{cite web| url=http://www.fishingnet.com/Loch-Faskally.htm| title=Loch Faskally by Pitlochry| publisher=FishingNet.com| accessdate=16 February 2014| archive-date=13 January 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113114401/http://www.fishingnet.com/Loch-Faskally.htm| url-status=dead}}
References
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