what rod power for finesse fishing?

[GateToWire]

If you can only have one then the Medium is the way to go.

I use a Medium Light for hair jigs, ned rigs and drop shots and a Medium for shaky heads and all the other finesse applications. If you only have 1 rod then you can easily do all of those finesse applications on a Medium.

[TheBlueFishGuy]

A 7-7'3" medium power fast action daiwa tatula xt spinning rod, any 8+ ball bearing spinning reel from a 200-300(2k-3k/20-30) sized reel 10-15lb braided line preferably a hi-vis color like yellow, lime green, white for you to visually see when your bait is picked up and moving, and between 6-12lb leader tied to your braid using an Alberto knot, uni-uni knot and then a hook size of a 1 or 1/0 for drop shot, 2/0-3/0 for a ewg hook(matching soft plastic to hook), then your jigs on spinning of this is usually 1/4 or less like down to maybe an 1/8oz. Anything less then this range you may want to step down to a medium light spinning rod and to a 200/2k size reel and 6-8lb braid and 4-8lb leader. And usually use a lure that's maybe max 3/16ths ounce. But any lure similar and then you could use the strike king magic spinner baits and buzzbaits on the medium and medium light and the pop-r poppers in the smaller sizes as well and the finesse jigs in the 1/4oz and less with the thinner gauge hooks. A little thicker than a ned hook but not by much for the medium and a ned head could go on either rod. And then if your doing the hair jigs like the vmc marabou jigs in the 1/8 I'd go with the 7'3"-7'6 in a medium light or medium. But bump the braid down to an 6lb braid or 8 to a 6lb leader of fluoro. It's risky but you will get a higher chance of catching that one extra bit. Growing up all I used was 10-12 lb line and braid in the 10-20lb braid. So I'm no expert but this all also depends on where you plan on fishing this style also will you be fishing around heavy cover, matted vegetation, heavy lay downs? So it's just the risk. 

[Big Hands]

I have two Daiwa M/F (Kage and Tatula) spinning rods and a Phenix Feather M/F spinning rod (which is somewhere between a true M/F and ML/F. For finesse (not actual BFS) spinning techniques, I much prefer my Zodias 7' ML/F or the St.Croix 7'6" ML/XF Hair Jig rods with 2000 or 2500 reels (with 10 lbs braid to 6-8 lbs fluorocarbon leader). I would add my 7' Expride Light + before I used any of the M/F rods for finesse techniques.

[PaulVE64]

If you can use your casting gear for everything over 5/16 oz then get a ML for the lighter stuff