Before you spend any money at all, think about how light you will ever throw, realistically. A 1/16 oz jig head is not 1/16 oz once a lure is on. And then that 1/16 oz lure becomes 1/12 oz or more pretty quickly with the lure on before it gets wet and then heavier. And using that kind of lure usually stinks with anything more than a 3 mph headwind even with a 6-800 dollar finesse reel with components. Some people (like me) spend a lot of money to tune out a real for bragging rights catching yard bass. It doesn't translate well to actual fishing conditions, other than crushing the sunnie population, and if it's windy, that lure might come back and hook your face.
The best benefit I have found with very good finesse spools are when they can handle heavier-ish baits. Then you can handle lighter stuff as well as non-aerodynamic heavier stuff. So i suggest getting a spool you feel is reasonably robust if you are going the finesse route.
Just keep in mind that hundreds of bucks you might sink into a finesse baitcasting platform will likely be out fished by the 10 year old kid on the dock with a 30 dollar UL spinning setup. I wish I had .
Damn kids.
If you had 200 bucks or so and wanted to have a world class finesse reel that also handles most typical bass baits, I suggest picking up a curado 50e and a Yumeya spool to go with it. It can handle about anything that any of my "better" finesse reels can and it can also handle heavier things I throw 98 percent of the time.
