I have just now gotten a vise and a few materials like deer hair, hooks, bead chains eyes, etc. and have learned to tie a clouser minnow. I am looking for some good flies to tie that will catch bass in the summertime when it is fairly hot. Any help is appreciated.

Well, where are you doing this bass angling?

I go all over but I am doing most of it in Waco. For the summer, I am going to Toledo Bend in June and I am taking a trip to Bastrop in August. Do you have experience fly fishing either of those lakes?

Tie up a few topwater flies as well. The Llano bug, Froggy flies and large Betts Fancy poppers work very well for me. I fished Bastrop a couple times last year. It has a lot of underwater vegetation so I was throwing topwater over the vegetation. Llano bugs have worked extremely well for me on several lakes and rivers in the area. It is really very surprising how such a small fly catches such big bass. I caught several over 4 lbs. last year. The long silly legs just seem to give the illusion of a bigger bait.

If the bass are working shad near the surface I will add a clouser dropper. I caught a 7 lber a couple years ago on a small gray/white clouser under a froggy fly popper. You can also fish the edges of the weed line at Bastrop with something like a large hair bug streamer. Good luck, hope that helps.

Topwater bass action is fun. My favorite topwater/near surface fly is a deer hair diver a.k.a. a Dahlberg Diver. Lots of variations out there, One thing that I like about it over some of the other deer hair and foam poppers is that it dives under the surface a foot or so upon stripping. Another nice thing about it is that it is more aerodynamic than the blunt end poppers and that makes for easier casting. The Dahlberg diver can be worked fast or slow and trimmed in various ways to adjust the buoyancy. I like size 2 to 1/0 stinger hooks, Gamakatsu or Mustad.

The first one I learned was the Wooly Bugger! I learned everything on Fly Anglers on Line. There are hundreds of pages of instruction, tips etc.!

I'll also vouch for the Llano Bug. It is super easy to tie and you can tie it in size 10 or 12 for sunfish or size 4 or 6 for largemouth, although bass often hit the smaller bugs. I don't know of any online videos showing how to tie it, so here is a link to the best tutorial I have found for the fly. http://theflyriverturtle.blogspot.com/2013/11/llano-bug.html

As far as streamers go, if you tie Clousers, deceivers and woolly buggers in different size and colors (white, olive, black and chartreuse) you will be able to catch anything that swims in freshwater (and probably saltwater as well).

Also, if you haven't found them already, there are a ton of tying videos on YouTube. Some are good and some are complete trash, but if you stick with videos by Tim Flagler (Tightline Productions) or Fly Fish Food you won't be steered wrong. The Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited YouTube page also has a few tying videos. I think there are only four on there, but all of them are proven fish catchers. I especially like the Brushy Creek Streamer, which may be a little too small for Toledo Bend bass, but is great for creek and river bass.

Tightline
Fly Fish Food
Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited

Plus, Austin tyer Matt Bennett's Lunch Money is a great bass fly. A video of it can be found here.